No those jobs are great for those who can't afford to go to college. But I'm assuming your parents could afford to send you there so why but your arse working an electrician's job when you can work in an office and make the same or more.

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Posted by Topwater Trout

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Posted on 1/16/23 at 8:20 am to poncho villa

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No those jobs are great for those who can't afford to go to college.

So 30-40 years ago?

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Posted by footswitch

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Posted on 1/16/23 at 8:27 am to poncho villa

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No those jobs are great for those who can't afford to go to college. But I'm assuming your parents could afford to send you there so why but your arse working an electrician's job when you can work in an office and make the same or more.

The best bricklayer I know has a chemical engineering degree.
Quality of life people.

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Posted by ldts

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Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:07 am to poncho villa

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when you can work in an office and make the same or more

Because working in an office slowly sucks your soul out as it kills you a little more each day.

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Posted by stout

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Posted on 1/16/23 at 5:52 pm to poncho villa

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But I'm assuming your parents could afford to send you there so why but your arse working an electrician's job when you can work in an office and make the same or more.

Not that many office jobs make more than electricians these days. Especially if you expand that out to being an instrumentation tech.

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