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re: Parents of late teens: what are you routing your kids to?
Posted on 2/27/26 at 11:42 am to fareplay
Posted on 2/27/26 at 11:42 am to fareplay
If college is necessary in this instance I would say probably either Nursing / PA (recession proof, always have a job, pretty strong pay, not terribly tough schooling) or Industrial Engineering (good starting pay, you can work in basically any industry, will be someone who figures out how to redesign workflows after AI).
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Posted on 2/27/26 at 11:43 am to REB BEER
What jobs does Biomedical Engineering actually relate to?
Posted on 2/27/26 at 11:44 am to fareplay
Our 2 oldest are getting trade degrees. I would have lost my mind 20 years ago if I thought my kids weren't going to college. Now, I see no use for it.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 11:44 am to BitBuster
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Kids nowadays are being pushed towards the trades. Welding, HVAC, plumbing, etc and healthcare.
There's gonna be a glut of those people soon and they won't be making nearly as much as the ones today.
The whole reason the media/Blackrock has been pushing the "trades are glorious" for 5 years now.
Trades haven't been compensated as well as they are now for the last 50 years. And EVEN now, trades aren't as great as people make out. Imagine in 10 years when every other kid is a welder or mechanic.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 11:45 am to fareplay
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I was talking to my coworker about this: if we were going to college tomorrow, what would we major in?
Healthcare
Posted on 2/27/26 at 11:46 am to fareplay
I tell my boys that AI might replace most things
But interpretive dance won’t be one
But interpretive dance won’t be one
Posted on 2/27/26 at 11:47 am to fareplay
I would push my son to go into the trades
Posted on 2/27/26 at 11:54 am to fareplay
My 19 year old is seriously considering traveling nursing, which I am 100% in favor of. She initially wanted to do orthopedic surgery, but I think the reality of the schooling/debt involved made her rethink. My 13 year old wants to be a kindergarten teacher. Still time to change her mind...
Posted on 2/27/26 at 11:56 am to fareplay
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future. I was talking to my coworker about this: if we were going to college tomorrow, what would we major in?
Some type of science/math.
My daughter is in an architecture program now. While AI will help with it in the future, I don’t believe jobs like that will ever not have humans.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 12:00 pm to fareplay
I’ve got my daughter lined up with a summer internship in the marketing dept where I work. She’ll enroll in college this fall. Probably will do her freshman classes at Gadsden State then transfer to Jacksonville State University later on.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 12:00 pm to fareplay
It's a matter of what they want to do vs. What they're good at. There is no point in pushing them towards anything else. That should eliminate a good bit of stuff. Im not pushing them towards an upper middle class lifestyle or job. It's more about fiscal responsibility.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 12:01 pm to Banned
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What if they’re not gay?
Posted on 2/27/26 at 12:02 pm to BrianKellysbuyout
medical / healthcare.
Florida is building hospitals and adding on to existing at incredible rate, and has been for last 15-20 yrs.
Florida is building hospitals and adding on to existing at incredible rate, and has been for last 15-20 yrs.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 12:03 pm to I 10 one lane merge
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What jobs does Biomedical Engineering actually relate to?
I'm not really sure. Last summer she had a research internship at UGA and her research was on "incorporating biotinylated lipids in droplet interface bilayers." I think it has something to do with coming up with better ways for the body to absorb medicines into the cells.
She's talking about working in this field then going to law school and becoming a lawyer for a biomedical company since she would have knowledge of the actual work and practice law for them.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 12:03 pm to Big Block Stingray
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Depends on the career, some college is an absolute necessity.
No. Tradesmen do very well without college. It would be a waste of their time and money to do “some college.”
If you meant “trade school”, then yes.
This post was edited on 2/27/26 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 2/27/26 at 12:04 pm to fareplay
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what are you routing your kids to?
I let them choose. As long as it's not something like gender studies or theater, I let them pick what they want their future to be. There's nothing like forcing a kid to go into a degree they have no interest in but do so because their dad tells them to.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 12:05 pm to fareplay
Let me be very clear on this - no one is actually getting laid off because AI provided any measurable gains in any field of value - it is just the next corporate catch phrase used to make layoffs.
Knowing that, debugging / consulting and coding is going to be very lucrative, as the businesses dumb enough to code via AI are going to need someone to fix it. There were very few people who truly understood coding implementations, application, & OS architecture enough 25 years ago to effectively come in as a consultant & debug software and there's even fewer today.
Knowing that, debugging / consulting and coding is going to be very lucrative, as the businesses dumb enough to code via AI are going to need someone to fix it. There were very few people who truly understood coding implementations, application, & OS architecture enough 25 years ago to effectively come in as a consultant & debug software and there's even fewer today.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 12:06 pm to Ace Midnight
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: "I'm thinking about becoming a welder."
And if he’s talented it can turn into a lucrative business. I know a guy that does iron fencing for homes. He’s raking in the cash. He used to be an IT guy and got tired of getting laid off.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 12:09 pm to fareplay
My son, a year removed from High School during his senior year was all about being a welder. I kept pushing something more white collar, since I’ve worked hard every day of my life I wanted something better for him. A friend of ours is a cybersecurity specialist, he was over one day and was talking and told my son you can make as much money as you want and will never have to look hard for a job.
He was sold and now he is finishing up his freshman year and doing quite well.
He was sold and now he is finishing up his freshman year and doing quite well.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 12:11 pm to fareplay
My kiddo has been showing a talent for drawing so I mentioned architecture but also mentioned dental hygienist
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