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Re:Ask HN: 200k student debt, degrees not very useful. What ... by staunch on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @03:48AM (#3474248)
1. What about entering a military JAG program? I believe they'll pay back a large part of your loans at some point. I honestly don't know much about this option, just throwing it out there.

2. If you're interested in startups there's very serious demand for people that really know how to do startup marketing. Things like this: http://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/startup-metrics-for-pir...

There are 100 great programmers for every great marketer. If it's something that resonates with you you could certainly build a lucrative career out of it, either highly paid consulting for startups or to your own benefit as a founder.

3. If those too-many-years in school have made you good at writing you might try your hand at blogging. Arrington was a somewhat middling lawyer if I have my history right, but he had the perfect personality to cover startups effectively.

You can make real money if you have the right set of networking and writing skills.

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Re:Ask HN: 200k student debt, degrees not very useful. What ... by throwawaylaw on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @04:11AM (#3474288)
2 and 3 are interesting, thanks.

As to 1 (JAG) I've looked into it extensively. Every branch except Army is insanely competitive and Army is just super-competitive. I might have a decent shot at Army though, but decided that it wasn't for me.

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Re:Ask HN: 200k student debt, degrees not very useful. What ... by teyc on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @05:42PM (#3476845)
If you want to try your hand at Startup Marketing, perhaps you could practice your chops at Avvo.com. That way, if nothing eventuates at least you have built up a good online profile for your lawyering career.
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