Employability and Career after degree?

[ctcarl]

Sorry if this isn't in the right thread, but I was curious what you were able to do with your degree? What did you get your degree in, did you have previous experience in the field, are you pivoting to a new field, etc... 
I feel a bit different from most people on here as I think I'm a lot younger than the majority (I'm 20) thus don't have as much work experience, but I'm (planning at least) to get a masters so hopefully I can get some more experience then. I do own my own business, (podcast editor) but it's unrelated to the field I want to get into (educational psychology).
I guess I would just love reassurance that getting a degree this way doesn't detract from finding a job. I know it's completely possible, but I feel like everyone on here might have a lot more work experience than me... open to hearing your thoughts, I love to hear about people's careers and how they got there.

I can see both sides of this.  I remember a time when I had a HS education and a good job, while an old friend of mine had a BSBA, not so much as a parking ticket ever, and an honorable discharge from the Navy, and he just couldn't get a job commensurate with his degree.  He ended up working behind the counter in a junkyard, then a few other similarly poorly-paid jobs.  I remember being surprised when he told me that he had never mentioned his degree to those employers because he thought it would work against him.

My experience was, in some ways, the opposite.  I got my current job without a degree, but I couldn't qualify for a promotion without one.  Now that I've earned my BSLA, I'm hoping to level up.