actually in this our generation everyone is looking up to making good money and looking into what others do but dont think outside the box. for example majority of graduate all over the world end up looking for white cola job after graduating from school because they think the time they spend during the academic session will not be in vain, and must work with their certificate. and this has created massive unemployed youth all over the world, leading to mass number of unemployed consumer with no/less production, meanwhile they would have started up something no matter how small it is. one of the reason why most graduate couldn't start small is
1] no capital
2] pride
3] no good mentor
in all i think that pride is one of the reason why most of them remain stagnant. for example i have a friend who graduated but do to pride of his grade in school didn't allow him to do anything apart from getting a job in the oil and gas sector, after much more he summoned courage and started a livestock farming, he started small with less than $100 but today he has high number of fish and pig in his farm, so he has created supply instead of demand, but if he was still waiting for his certificate to pay him, he would probably be at home and maybe become frustrated, and think he has wasted the whole academic session.
moral of the lesson, dont hope or expect that what you learnt in school must pay. most rich people today didn't achieve success from what they studied in school but what they could offer after graduating. dont despise the days of your little beginning.
True, it's not required that your degree is not related on your current career, it doesn't matter. If you're currently earning with a good money even it's not related to what you've studied in the past, it's fine and just go with it. I agree that majority of the rich people are not graduates and some of them are just college dropouts. You don't need to commit to something you've done in the past, I mean yes I agree that you must use your knowledge in your career, good point but if your target is just only that then it's similar to the rat race that you've studied just to be an average employee and worst case is, you will just stuck in a saturated industry where the growth is very limited unless you're very lucky. But if you're trying to explore things and making money for yourself, have your own way of earning, it's fine too, at least you're enjoying on what you do.