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re: Is anyone else not pushing their kids to attend college?
Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:43 am to lsu777
Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:43 am to lsu777
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this is the problem with this board...they see the business owner of the plumbing company and think everyone makes that....they dont.
And I'll re-iterate, the people who have the mental ability to run one of those businesses could have gone to college and run any sort of business, many of which have much higher margins than trades.
The last time I weighed into one of these I tried to explain that in great detail, and even added in that trades are a great pathway to people who have the innate ability but had shitty circumstances growing up that prevented something like a normal/college path to management/ownership. But the people on this board talking about sending kids to college likely did not frick up their kids so much trades are the best (only?) path to this sort of life success.
This is actually why I theorize your highly skilled trades are losing population even though the demand is high. Those guys who were, for example, insanely smart carpenters in the past don't slip through the cracks as often now and get the opportunity to go to college and apply their mental ability elsewhere. Even when carpentry is in high demand with a low supply of labor, it's still not going to have the margins of other economic output.
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Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:57 am to SlowFlowPro
This board has become increasingly blue collar/low end white collar in the last decade
Posted on 5/8/24 at 8:05 am to SlowFlowPro
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And I'll re-iterate, the people who have the mental ability to run one of those businesses could have gone to college and run any sort of business, many of which have much higher margins than trades.
The last time I weighed into one of these I tried to explain that in great detail, and even added in that trades are a great pathway to people who have the innate ability but had shitty circumstances growing up that prevented something like a normal/college path to management/ownership. But the people on this board talking about sending kids to college likely did not frick up their kids so much trades are the best (only?) path to this sort of life success.
This is actually why I theorize your highly skilled trades are losing population even though the demand is high. Those guys who were, for example, insanely smart carpenters in the past don't slip through the cracks as often now and get the opportunity to go to college and apply their mental ability elsewhere. Even when carpentry is in high demand with a low supply of labor, it's still not going to have the margins of other economic output.
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And I'll re-iterate, the people who have the mental ability to run one of those businesses could have gone to college and run any sort of business, many of which have much higher margins than trades.
The last time I weighed into one of these I tried to explain that in great detail, and even added in that trades are a great pathway to people who have the innate ability but had shitty circumstances growing up that prevented something like a normal/college path to management/ownership. But the people on this board talking about sending kids to college likely did not frick up their kids so much trades are the best (only?) path to this sort of life success.
This is actually why I theorize your highly skilled trades are losing population even though the demand is high. Those guys who were, for example, insanely smart carpenters in the past don't slip through the cracks as often now and get the opportunity to go to college and apply their mental ability elsewhere. Even when carpentry is in high demand with a low supply of labor, it's still not going to have the margins of other economic output.
exactly. now dont get me wrong...owning a company is great and amazing money for those that make it.
but something like 60-70% flop because the person running it isnt smart enough in the business side of things to make it work.
and for some reason this board has a huge issue with understanding statistics. If there are 10 plumbing companies in a city of 200k how many more do you think there can be before the market is over saturated? and how many people work for those companies who never become a business owner and are close to 60 having to crawl into attics or under houses in July?
frick all that
I have done both in my position in the plant, i have contractors working for me daily...ask any of them if they would rather have a job working inside in the AC all day and they will tell you yes.
this sums up most blue collar workers
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