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re: Brother will be going to trade school this fall. What trade would you recommend to him?
Posted on 5/26/21 at 9:04 pm to SerakThePreparer
Posted on 5/26/21 at 9:04 pm to SerakThePreparer
Plumber is the only correct answer. If he has any business sense, he’ll end up retiring a millionaire.
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Posted on 5/26/21 at 9:04 pm to SerakThePreparer
IT is the way, the truth, and the light. All he has to do is get a COMPTIAA A+ cert and he can get an entry level job in IT very easily.
I went from making $31k in my first IT job to $100k in 5 years.
I went from making $31k in my first IT job to $100k in 5 years.
This post was edited on 5/26/21 at 9:07 pm
Posted on 5/26/21 at 9:04 pm to SerakThePreparer
When people talk about legit money in the trades they are usually talking about people who own their own businesses. Make sure he does his research about what is feasible for him to be striving for. You can run a plumbing outfit with one plumber and a helper or two. Welding can often be one guy. HVAC usually seems to involve more people and sometimes very large expensive pieces of equipment. If he just wants to work, spend some time thinking about what he wants it to look like in 7-10 years.
This post was edited on 5/26/21 at 9:06 pm
Posted on 5/26/21 at 9:05 pm to SerakThePreparer
Pipe designer? He doesn't already have an idea of what he wants to do?
Posted on 5/26/21 at 9:05 pm to SerakThePreparer
Welder or machinist.
Posted on 5/26/21 at 9:06 pm to Jim Rockford
First off, you don’t want to be a tradesman for life. You want to learn a trade so you can own a trade company. 2ndly consider work life balance, hours, and atmosphere. Plumbing and electrical mostly work 7-5 M-F and local to wherever they want to live. HVAC is similar.
Posted on 5/26/21 at 9:06 pm to SelaTiger
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Seriously though.... elevator union guys make a lot of money.
Regulations were extremely favorable to union elevator guys. They make a lot of money. Travel a lot too.
Posted on 5/26/21 at 9:06 pm to Pledge
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HVAC
Posted on 5/26/21 at 9:07 pm to philly444
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I'd say electrician with HVAC as a close second
Dime a frickin dozen. HVAC techs work is like 1/2 commissions. Electricians ain’t getting paid.
Plumber is hard work but if I was doing it over, it would be this. After apprenticeship and 5 years, I go off and start my own business. Just pile the money up.
Posted on 5/26/21 at 9:07 pm to SerakThePreparer
Train engineer
Posted on 5/26/21 at 9:08 pm to SerakThePreparer
Electricians are needed REALLY bad right now. If he commits he can be making a ton of money in a few years if he gets his card.
Posted on 5/26/21 at 9:08 pm to OweO
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He doesn't already have an idea of what he wants to do?
I still don't know what I want to do 22 years after graduating from LSU.
This post was edited on 5/26/21 at 10:47 pm
Posted on 5/26/21 at 9:09 pm to SerakThePreparer
Industrial electrician
Welder
Instrument technician
Welder
Instrument technician
Posted on 5/26/21 at 9:09 pm to SerakThePreparer
Do whatever he likes the best. Extra money is made by doing side jobs.
Posted on 5/26/21 at 9:10 pm to SerakThePreparer
Electrician
He’ll get to bang all the wives of the soys that are too scared to change an outlet.
He’ll get to bang all the wives of the soys that are too scared to change an outlet.
Posted on 5/26/21 at 9:11 pm to SerakThePreparer
There is an art to welding. There are plenty of shitty welders. Not saying your brother isn’t capable, but understand there’s more to it than striking an arc. I work with an Ironworker that’s a pretty talented welder. He’s been doing so for almost 30 years. He’s told me numerous times his 16 year old is better than he is. He’s just got a knack for it, and is amazingly talented especially for a kid with little experience.
HVAC and Electricians are in short supply. If your brother wants to put in the work, he’s got a legit shot and running a crew fairly young.
HVAC and Electricians are in short supply. If your brother wants to put in the work, he’s got a legit shot and running a crew fairly young.
Posted on 5/26/21 at 9:11 pm to Cledus
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Welding baw
It’s still a good trade. But thanks to the shutdown of pipeline work, there’s a whole lot of very experienced welders out there looking for work.
Before I recommended anyone go into welding I’d first recommend
1. Diesel mechanic
2. HVAC
3. Plumbing
4. Electrician
Posted on 5/26/21 at 9:11 pm to Hangit
I can tell you for sure there are nowhere near enough qualified InfoSec people out there.
Posted on 5/26/21 at 9:11 pm to SerakThePreparer
Welding or CNC.
Posted on 5/26/21 at 9:13 pm to SerakThePreparer
Instrument tech
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