Upgrading question with MBP's

I know the Retina cannot be upgraded, but what about the regular MBP 15"?
Can I change the RAM and HD?

both can be upgraded?  what? 
I thought the Retina was not upgradeable.  I'm not talking at time of purchase, I'm talking afterwards.
This is important to me because I like to also fix my own computers.
I also will likely buy an aftermarket SSD instead of at the apple store.  My current MBP has 2 SSD in raid 0 
Thanks again everyone.

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