We're going to continue our special series on stars now. That's workers who are skilled

through alternative routes, stars, meaning no four-year college degree. And today, we're

opening the phones to hear from some of you with a specific kind of stars story to tell.

You know, nearly half of all working Americans don't have a four-year college degree, but many of you are thriving

in good, stable jobs and not just in the trades like plumbing and carpentry, which is what a lot of

people might think of, but also in fields like finance and IT and sales, marketing, insurance,

project management, jobs you might associate with a college diploma,

but that some people have gotten through other pathways, alternative routes, community college,

military service, boot camps, certifications, on-the-job training. The data tells us these stars make

up a huge part of our workforce in white collar jobs, but they're often overlooked. We touched on this

earlier in the week, but now we'll just explicitly invite a few more such stories with no

guest, just you on the phones. Here's the invitation. If you have built a white collar career

without a bachelor's degree, how did you do it?

What helped you get your foot in the door?

What helped you advance and stay in?

212-433 WNYC, 212-433-9692.

Again, if you've built a white-collar career without a bachelor's degree and you've gotten your foot in

the door and hopefully advanced, tell us a little bit of your story. Tell us about how. 212-433-9-6-9-2.

Even if you've just been in your job or in your career for a couple of years, if you're just, you know, in your early 20s even, whatever, without a college degree, or if you've, on the other end of the spectrum, had a whole career like what I just laid out and you're now retired or anybody in between.

212, 433, WNYC, 212, 433-9-6-92, white-collar jobs, white-collar careers,

your stories without a college degree. Now, we got so many calls when we asked this question

and touched on it briefly on Wednesday, far more than we could take

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