I've been working on my own IT retail, support and leasing businesses for a decade, after dropping out of university. While they have been successful, they have never been as successful as I had hoped. Combining this with a desire to do something different, and a realisation that not specialising (the curse of running a small business is becoming a highly skilled generalist) is limiting my future earning potential, and I've decided it's time for a career change.
My current plan is to find a job in the next 3 months that matches or exceeds my current salary. I will then finish my degree in either 2014 or 2015, depending on what credits I can apply from my previous degree to whatever I chose to do next.
So, my questions are as follows:
1. How do I get a job without a degree? I know there are many jobs I could do, and could do well. I also believe that if I can get into the interview, my chances of getting the job are good. But I also know that my lack of a degree will generally get me filtered out pre-interviews.
2. What careers should I consider? Obviously I will need to investigate careers to see if I would enjoy them and if I would be well suited to them, but I want to know from the Mustachians what careers they feel match an early retirement goal well? I would want something with a high earning potential that would be suited to achieving financial freedom in ten years.
Fortunately myself and my wife have very low monthly expenses (less than $1300 dollars) and once she is qualified she will have a high earning potential.