re: Parents, it matters where you send your kids to college

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Tech trades make bank

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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.