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In reply to the discussion: MCDONALD'S STRIKER: 'They're Not Paying Us Enough To Survive' [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)There are a lot of small business owners (no education required...but you have to be willing to work 12 hour days 7 days a week), paralegal (no degree required), legal secretary (you can make well over $50K a year in Dallas TX with a few years of experience - no degree required, but you have to have excellent computer and office skills, as well as knowledge of legal language and workings of the court system or real estate, etc.), plumber (license, yes....degree, not required).
If you are willing to get some education, how about LPT or nurse technician or medical technician. Court reporters (technical school required, but these guys make a ton of $). Waiter or waitressing or hostessing at a nice place....still not much money, but more than Burger King.
Etc., etc.
There IS something between flipping burgers which requires no skill, and being a professional. MOST people have those in between jobs and make a decent income.
There's no shame in fipping burgers on a temporary basis, which is what that type of job is (unless you go into managerial...and I think they require a degree for that). I'd flip burgers if that's the only thing I could get. But I would understand that it doesn't pay much, because it requires no skill except being able to stand up and flip a burger and wipe a table.