Steem4nigeria Accelerator Contest Week 61: Is formal education the only path to financial freedom?

Greetings everyone!
It's my pleasure to be here in this great community.

I want to say a big thanks to @steem4nigeria for organizing this interesting contest.
It is an awesome contest and I will love to participate in it.

Must you have a degree before you have a well paying job? Explain with experiences if any

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You must not have a degree before you can have a well paying job,, but degree certificate is a significant requirement for having majority of the job vacancies and it also increases your earning potentials.

Both private, local, State and federal government jobs usually require that you have alteast a degree certificate,,, this is because, having a degree certificate gives you high chances of getting the job, and it gives specialization for jobs as well.

The only well paying job that doesn't necessarily require degree certificate are self employed kind of job.

Is the contest title trying to condemn education?

No not all. The contest title is not trying to condemn education but instead it is trying to show the relationship between having a formal education and how you can become successful in your career.

It will further give a wide knowledge on how to become successful using different paths such as entrepreneurship, learning and developing your desired skills etc. Practical skills really matters in becoming a successful person and not just having a degree.

Not everyone has the opportunity and privilege to attend formal education because of financial and other problems, so this contest topic will serve as an encouragement for innovative approaches to building one skills.

Is it dangerous to have the view that you can only make money after schooling?

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Yes,, it is potentially harmful and very dangerous to think you can only make money after schooling.

This is because,,, finishing school and becoming a graduate is not a 100% percent guarantee that you will get a high paying job that will start fetching you money. There are a lot of graduate today, who finish school with first class and second class upper but then, they are still very poor and so frustrated in life because the paid less attention to learning skills thinking that formal education is the only path to becoming successful and rich.

Whereas,, there are other paths that can lead to success aside schooling. Therefore,, as you are schooling, ensure you are learning either a skill or is doing one thing or the other online, so you won't end up being shocked by the reality of life after school.

How has steemit proven that you must not finish school before you start making money?

Steemit as a blockchain based social media platform has proven beyond reasonable doubt that you can start earning while in school or even without formal education you can still have a source of income, just by writing quality contents, and engaging with others on the platform.

I am a living testimony to these,, I started earning from Steemit while I was still in school,, and there are alot of steemians too who are not done with school yet but are already millionaires and have made alot of money from this great platform Steemit.

Thank you all for reading through my post🙏🙏

I Will love to invite jyoti-thelight, @shravana, @pandora2010 and @goodybest to participate in this contest.

Warmest regards, @owulama🤍🤍