What do you define as "a good job" - and what is the degree in?
Can I get a good job with an associates degree?
My AA got me in the door with few companies. I often started near the bottom, but my work ethic got me promoted quickly.
Yes.
An associate's degree from a junior college usually is obtained from a program that is supported by local industries in the area and tailored to their needs for employees.
It's a win-win situation for you and the employer.
"Good" is subjective.
But good for me requires more than an associate degree. I mean sure I do higher people with less than a full college degree in rare instances. But these are the people who has things related to the job as a hobby since they were 12. Building homebrew servers, coding, making video games, collaborating on internet tools. Etc. And they come to me with a portfolio that's an inch thick full of things that they've done.
A half-done job gets you a half-done job.
40 isn't even old. I've met people who were 65+ studying things like chemical engineering at Uni.