These days practically everyone has a college education and debt they need to pay off that goes with it. There has to be some way to distinguish yourself, that's where a having unique skill comes in.
The only thing you can't be anymore is an astronaut (I know, I know, I've harped on that before, but some people had dreams as a kid), unless the Irish Mob is in some space race with the Russian Mafia that I don't know about.
