What careers are possible to break into without a college degree?

BetterThanThou

I'm a 2nd year Computer Science student, but, I've come to the conclusion that I'm really beating a dead horse at this point. The work I've been doing doesn't interest me in the slightest, the main reason I chose the course was because of the high wages in the IT sector, and the fact I couldn't think of anything else, at this point, I just find the work extremely depressing, and it's starting to take a toll on my mental health.

For those reasons, I'm highly contemplating changing my career path, switching to another college course isn't an option, as I'm unable to afford that, and truthfully, nothing I've seen interests me, and I've always struggled in academic environments, the main reason I started college to begin with was because I feared being able to find a decent job without it.

So, does anyone know of any options that I could look at? I understand I'm not going to walk into a decent job with no qualifications, and I'm happy to do an apprenticeship, or other types of training. There's no particular areas that I'm interested in, I have a pretty open mind.

HelgaWard

If it's a 3 year course you should finish it. You are 1/2 way there at this point. Just keep the head down. You don't have to be a programmer to work in IT. IT companies need technical sales people, or trainers or testers etc etc. The degree will stand to you no matter what you decide to go into after that.

wos

BetterThanThou wrote: »

The work I've been doing doesn't interest me in the slightest, the main reason I chose the course was because of the high wages in the IT sector.

...the main reason I started college to begin with was because I feared being able to find a decent job without it.

...There's no particular areas that I'm interested in, I have a pretty open mind.

All this smacks of bad choices/decisions and lack of focus and motivation. This post seems more like you're looking for someone to tell you what to do next rather than you wanting to do something for yourself (other than a quick surface search).

I'd talk to a qualified career guidance counsellor of some sort to explore your options at this stage (e.g. whether you can quit your course early with a lower level NFQ/QQI qualification). I'm sure one of the first things they'll do is ask YOU what YOU are interested in doing, but your initial post didn't mention anything.

irishguy

Complete your degree. If you don't have one it puts you at a major disadvantage for any job. It doesn't really matter what the degree is in and you won't even need to work in the field again. Just work hard for the next year or 2. After that you can see what you want to do.

Dingle_berry

Complete the degree. Get help from the colleges student support service(s) if need be. It will look better on your CV, give you skills to fall back on and you could change your mind later on.
Just because you're doing a degree in computers doesn't mean you have to work strictly in that field.

Then, with the degree on your cv and as a backup you can look at other careers like aircraft maintenance apprenticeship etc.

beauf

Why is switching course not an option? How is it more expensive than what you currently pay.

Consider you might leave the course and still not find anything interests you. Except you’ll be trapped in a low end job.

Many successful people don't go to college but they tend to know what they want to do.