- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
2
Posted on 5/15/26 at 9:44 am to Techdave
I've been telling my kid that a trade is fine but she needs to get some sort of basic business marketing/management/finance degree right out the gate. Sure do a trade, but learn that trade with the intention of being a 30-40 year old who is managing and building 20 year old tradesman. A career based on a trade. Going back to school is hard once you've built a life. Best to get the basics now.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 9:46 am to DVinBR
quote:
Indians don't pursue jobs that involve manual labor
...and hire only other Indians when they're making the decisions.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 9:49 am to DVinBR
quote:
Indians don't pursue jobs that involve manual labor
Judging from what I see in industry, neither do white people.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 9:52 am to Mo Jeaux
quote:
Are you dissuading him from going to college?
I am not. I think the college experience is very important, but I'm advising him to to marry his college career to these trades or something similar. I don't know if that's studying business or something adjacent. But I told him that nearly every white collar job that didn't go through a trade first is likely endangered.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 9:55 am to UtahCajun
quote:
Judging from what I see in industry, neither do white people.
Depends on where you are, road crew demographics are heavily dependent on location in my experience.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 9:57 am to Giantkiller
what do you think happens to this country or your son’s economic future if most high earning jobs disappear over night?There is no scenario where your kid is untouched because he’s welding.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 10:00 am to bad93ex
quote:
Depends on where you are, road crew demographics are heavily dependent on location in my experience.
More talking industry level. Refineries and such. Most contractors these days, for the manual stuff(scaffold builders, insulators, many welders, etc) are questionable on their legal status.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 10:00 am to NIH
quote:
Thank your son for his future service
I know you hear it all the time, but mechanical service is essentially printing money. I work in construction and work around these trades who aside from new builds, have service divisions. If you have a truck on the road taking calls, it's a cash cow.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 10:01 am to Mo Jeaux
quote:
This board.
Not sure what you're laughing at. I'm hiring journeymen electricians in Texas making north of 300K a year.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 10:03 am to Techdave
With the way the middle class is shrinking, seems most future jobs will be fixing and cleaning shite for super rich people.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 10:05 am to NIH
quote:
what do you think happens to this country or your son’s economic future if most high earning jobs disappear over night?There is no scenario where your kid is untouched because he’s welding.
Correct
If there are no more white collar jobs the work force for blue collar jobs will just be flooded and the pay diluted for everyone
Posted on 5/15/26 at 10:05 am to ImJustaBoy
HVAC, installing building management systems.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 10:09 am to BeerMoney
quote:
but she needs to get some sort of basic business marketing/management/finance degree right out the gate.
I would rethink this. If you are going to go to college for 4 years it should be in engineering. IMO degrees like those that you mentioned already are and will be disrupted even more in the future by AI.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 10:10 am to Techdave
Hes 100% right
Posted on 5/15/26 at 10:11 am to diat150
quote:
IMO degrees like those that you mentioned already are and will be disrupted even more in the future by AI.
And why do you think engineering is safe from AI?
Is this the OT meme of be an engineer or kill yourself showing up again?
Posted on 5/15/26 at 10:11 am to Giantkiller
quote:
I am not. I think the college experience is very important, but I'm advising him to to marry his college career to these trades or something similar.
A man who can do both labor and blue collar work is miles ahead of those who are afraid to get their nails dirty, when the jobs start to decline.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 10:11 am to Techdave
I’m sure his kids are in trade school
Posted on 5/15/26 at 10:11 am to GeauxTigers123
quote:
Idk if 777 can handle another thread
Posted on 5/15/26 at 10:14 am to SabiDojo
quote:
I’m sure his kids are in trade school
about to graduate a semester early from cosmetology school, that'll keep my student loan debt down to just under $250k
Page 4 of 8
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News