Hannah Maruyama, once skeptical about the value of college education, now earns a six-figure salary in the field of AI without a bachelor s degree. After exploring various jobs and facing challenges, including the closure of her tattoo studio due to the pandemic, she launched Degree Free, an online platform offering career coaching and free educational resources to young people interested in non-traditional careers.
Hannah Maruyama is the Founder of Degree Free. In this conversation, we talk about the data as to why college may not be as lucrative as people think,…
n her 20s, she worked as a lifeguard, bartender and even a deckhand on a dolphin-watching boat, never earning more than $30,000 (over Rs 25 lakh) a year