Issue with most of these jobs is that they are low pay. Not sustainable, unless you work two jobs or have a partner.

Things are also changing. Jobs that required no degree, now require associate and jobs that required associate, now require bachelor.

Like in the past you could do nursing being LPN (no degree is required). They don’t hire LPNs in my state anymore. You used to be able to be RN with associate degree, now you must have bachelor in my state. If they hire you with associate, you have limited time to complete your BSN. They just fired someone on my husband’s unit because two years came to an end and she didn’t complete her BSN, well silly goose didn’t even enroll in a program, she thought they’d forget or something

You could have a good live with no high school diploma in the past! Expectations and demands really changed