re: A 33 year old has 2 years to train/school for a new career, what do you suggest?

gigolo

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Seems like sales can be difficult to break into. I'd be qualified to be in education sales. Not sure how much they make, but I doubt it's that much.

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It really depends on what kind of sales you get into. We hire guys as sales and service reps and they make 50k-80k a year. The key to sales is being in a market where people actually use the item or service. If you are trying to sell something people dont really want, then it sucks and you cant make money.

I started off as a part time warehouse guy, moved to a sales and service rep with no sales experience, and eventually became a branch manager. The key is that companies already use our service so its not like people run us out during a cold call.

Y'all ignored my comment on project controls but it's ridiculous at my company. Learn primavera scheduling and you can start off making 60k . A frickihg scheduler makes more than engineers here

Didn't read any further - so this may have already been mentioned, but textbook sales could be an option for you. I'm a former teacher and have 2 former colleagues that have taken this route.
I don't know exactly how much they make, but it's way more than 48K.
Both work higher ed so they call on college professors. I was adjunct college faculty for awhile - these reps basically hang around departments smoozing textbook commitee members - lunches, snacks etc. Didn't seem too difficult; some of the professors they have to deal with are assholes w zero personality, but on the flip side others are a hell of a good time.
Wouldn't hurt to check it out...

You never sent me that list. How was the interview?

A&P mechanic school. Learn how to work on all kinds of aircraft. You'll work all over the world and after 5 years you can get into management and control. With an A&P license you'll get into 6 figures quickly being a controller.

Hire me then lol

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Y'all ignored my comment on project controls but it's ridiculous at my company. Learn primavera scheduling and you can start off making 60k . A frickihg scheduler makes more than engineers here

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I didn't ignore your comment because I am a project controls manager for my company.

That isn't the easiest field to get into. Primavera can be learned in school but you still have to find the right situation to get a job in this field. Most schedulers have to start in a construction field and then learn Primavera so they can be Planner/Scheduler. Once you get really good with Primavera you can specialize in that field but it takes a lot of experience.

Your can learn to code in two years, but he would be competing against people with degrees. He will lose. Skilled labor would be the best route if he does not want to put in the university time.

welders are hard to find and recruit. You won't make $100,000 right off, but with 5+ years of experience, it's definitely do-able. Willing to work night or 3rd shifts for a while? 1.5-2x pay. Sheet metal experience? 1.5 pay.