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re: Parents, it matters where you send your kids to college
Posted on 4/30/24 at 3:16 pm to Ten Bears
Posted on 4/30/24 at 3:16 pm to Ten Bears
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college graduates make considerably more then non college graduates.
While true, it is still a bullshite narrative.
Non-college grads includes drop outs.
Tech trades make bank, and with very little (if any) student debt.
It is a great option imho.
That being said, you are generally working with your back and your hands, so that should be taken into consideration.
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Posted on 4/30/24 at 3:26 pm to jimmy the leg
There is an argument that more kids need to enter trades and make a decent to good living sooner than most grads, but the bigger separation in pay takes shape after the first 5-7 years. Unless one of the tradesmen choose to start their own business.
Still a great avenue for many to consider going trades, but it is physically more demanding of course. I know plenty who stay the course and provide a very good lifestyle for their families and have decent to good retirements. They are worn down, joint and back issues, but they by and large benefitted from trades.
Still a great avenue for many to consider going trades, but it is physically more demanding of course. I know plenty who stay the course and provide a very good lifestyle for their families and have decent to good retirements. They are worn down, joint and back issues, but they by and large benefitted from trades.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 3:51 pm to jimmy the leg
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Tech trades make bank
Mostly people who own their own businesses.
Sure, a successful trade is better than an unsuccessful/dead end career.
But a successful career beats a successful trade most times.
As someone who deals with the trades on a daily basis, there are certainly very successful ones that would rival successful degree holders, but they are the significant minority.
Most tradesmen are just hourly wage slaves, dependent on a healthy body. As they get older and their physical skills and abilities start to deteriorate, their earning power decreases, or even ends. Some make the jump to management, but most don't.
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