re: PSA for parents: Steer your children into being an electrician

I hired an apprentice recently. 20yo. Really smart kid, kind of a Baw. Athlete. After HS he went to UC Santa Barbara as a history major. Woke up and saw his future was poverty. Called his parents and said he wanted to drop out and learn a trade. He said his parents were ecstatic

They are both old school engineers

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I hired an apprentice recently

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I don’t believe half of your posts.

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I call bullshite. There are not millions of Ethnic dance majors & underwater basket weaving majors. There are thousands, but not millions.

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Nobody said there are millions of Ethnic Dance majors. Relax. The issue isn’t tiny niche majors. It’s the huge low-earning ones. Psychology, Education, Communications, Liberal Arts, Social Work, Criminal Justice… those pump out nearly a million graduates every year, and about half of them take on $20K–$40K of debt for salaries in the $35K–$45K range. That’s where the millions come from. Not underwater basket weaving. Just regular, everyday low ROI degrees.

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The high income fields you listed are some of the most popular majors out there. Nursing & finance especially.

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Only about 25% of students choose those high ROI majors. The other 75% pile into psychology, education, communications, liberal arts, sociology, and criminal justice. Most students aren’t choosing the high income fields you’re talking about.

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PSA for parents:

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Congrats to him, but I want my kids to aim higher and to retire long before 68.