Greetings today, 12/18/2022. All the younger generation is being told they need to go to a University to get ahead in life. The problem is that the “college” degrees are becoming so prevalent that there value is being diluted. In the meanwhile, electricians, plumbers, auto body mechanics, automobile mechanics, carpenters, brick masons, tile setters and many of the other trades are suffering a SHORTAGE. Have you priced a plumber lately? How about $100- $200 AN HOUR. Where I live, you can’t get one to show up for two weeks, and just to stop by it’s $130 for the trip to the job.
Then they charge that PER HOUR. So, why not go to a plumbing shop and work for FREE for a couple of years as an apprentice or at least for minimum wage because some states insist you are “employed” for proof of experience. That instead of spending THOUSANDS going to a University to get a degree that there are too many of in many cases.
Now ask yourself, what does $100 per hour translate into for a 40 hour week for 52 weeks…$208,000 DOLLARS!!! HOLY SH……….
Anyhow here is the video. Enjoy and think about it for yourself and/or your children…
Click the link to go to the Prager U video. I can’t figure out how to embed it.
https://www.prageru.com/video/tschoolsrading-up-our-case-for-trade-
~C.L.
Really wish I did this. Got a degree in business management and i’m essentially in sales, something I didnt even need a degree for, and certainly making less than that
I've considered electrician as a trade, but not only do you have to spend years working for the parent company of already-certified folks at a pittance of pay to get past the apprenticeship requirements, they don't want to hire anyone who has no connections to the good-ol-boy network.
I made about 1/2 the pay of degreed electrical engineers when wearing that hat among several others at a job I did have the connection to get into... since I had no degree, it did not matter that I did the same work plus several other jobs at the same time.
doing shade-tree mechanic work I have made anywhere from $20/hr to $200/hr, depending on the friend discount and whether I charged 50% of shop labor quotes or did hourly work instead.