re: What type of career would you recommend to an 18 year old in today's age?

Construction management.

With the labor force now a days, a good PM or Superintendent can make 150k in any major market with 5 years otj experience

Someone's gotta herd the cats.

Your ability to work with technology will be integral. You don’t need to “code” but understanding how technology works will be important for most industries

Join the IUEC and become an elevator mechanic

Anything without a college degree.
Too expensive and not worth sacrificing your soul.

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Nursing. Nurses can work anywhere. Always employable.

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Do this.

Then go into medical sales. You’ll make between 250K and 1M a year.

This is 100% dependent on the child. I only have experience with young men. If it’s a young man who is an average student then probably some sort of a trade. If they excel in math and science then some sort of STEM field.

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What you laughing at? My BiL takes home a little north of $400K as an actuary (25 years experience).

Wide range of options depending on whether you are good in math, logical thinking, etc….

I’ve always advised those looking for a path… try to find something you can do that people can’t walk off the street and do. Meaning, try to earn a specialized degree, license.
CPA, Lawyer, Doctor, Engineer, Plumber’s license, Electrician’s license, Architect, Landscape Architect, Real Estate Appraiser, specific skill such as wood working, auto mechanic, computer programming.

If I were doing it over again, I wouldn’t change my undergrad experience too much but would learn a trade and do an apprenticeship while in school.

But then again the awesome humanities and social science profs I had are an extinct breed. So unless it’s at Hillsdale or somewhere similar I’d skip it and self-learn.