Is your education paying off?

I believe my time was worth to be spent, but money ? I don't think so. Just like you wrote, if I were you and if I had already known that I would never use my degree to make life, then I would never consider go to school. Being as a student at school or whatever it's called costs us money and time. So, if you already spent those precious gifts, don't regret with what you've done but use the result as efficient as possible.

If you mean school education, the answer is absolutely not. What you learnt in school are mainly theory knowledge, which could not be directly used in the work. But you'd better not simply conclude that the school education is totally worthless. In my view, the most valuable thing I acquired from school education is the way of learning, not the knowledge. Knowledge may be meaningless in the work, but the way of learning is still very useful. Last but not least, maybe it's true that you could do your work without a degree, but it's also possible that your boss refuses to recruit you for the reason that you lack a degree.

I have a 2 year degree and have tried a few times to finish up and get a 4 year degree. Never seems to work out. My 2 year degree has opened some doors for me and for the type of work I do, I don't think a 4 year degree would open any new doors. Now if I decided to change the type of work I do, then I may consider finishing off the 4 year degree. With loans and everything, I don't see how a 4 year degree is even worth the money any more. You have thousands of dollars in debt only to be paid $45K a year (on average) with a 4 year degree. All of your salary goes to loans.

I think my education has helped me get the job that I really wanted. Though it hasn't paid off financially yet, but I get to learn a lot of things which I know will help me someday if new opportunities should come my way.

i just feel that the time i spent on college were completely wasted cause i didn't succeed in finishing up my college and i lost interest in it anyways, and so i felt that it was not meant for me to be in that course i took up in college. and so i was really kind of disappointed to have been in school. but i didn't want to be in college. i was just clueless as to what i am suppoe to do with my life. i don't have any idea on what to do back then. if i don't study i will be at home doing nothing as i had rarely had friends and i can't find a job suiting for me back then. it was completely a disaster for me back them. totally like wreck. like a ship that does not have any direction at all and just been swayed and tossed back and forth by the waves of the sea.

Not yet! But I do have plans of pursuing it!

Although I attended college for a few years after high school, I didn't earn my degree until I was in my mid-forties. I'm nearing retirement age now, and monetarily I haven't received an adequate return on my investment. However, one of the benefits I did receive from my college education is the ability and desire to become a lifelong learner. That in itself has been worth every penny.