There are no cheaper schools. There are expensive ones and more expensive ones. There is literally no option for the non-rich except to go into debt or learn to be a plumber.
There are no cheaper schools. There are expensive ones and more expensive ones. There is literally no option for the non-rich except to go into debt or learn to be a plumber.
cheers_queers@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
learning a trade should be more encouraged, you can make a shit ton of money (relatively) without the debt
suite403@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
True, but that isn’t an option for everyone and we still need scientists and doctors and such.
cheers_queers@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
oh i know but college shouldn’t be the default. i work in elementary and they have college posters up in the halls.
suite403@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
College stuff up in elementary schools is pretty crazy.
stoly@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
True, but that might take you 10 years to get to a point where you’re no longer the new person and have skills to back it up.
cheers_queers@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
that goes for any skilled labor. doesn’t make what i said any less true.
also, there are paid apprenticeships with unions if you look.
stoly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
lol tell that to my angry brothers who work in construction. they were so antiunion and it hurt them
Zoot@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Not sure what trade you guys do, but by the 2 year mark as an electrician I was hardly considered a new guy, and had most of the skills required. The next 8 years was learning every edge case that could pop up.
By year 5 though I was easily fine all out on my own. Most journeyman only need about 4 years of experience, and they’re qualified to go start their own company.
No debt, little schooling, all of which was paid for by my companies, and an extremely valuable life skill. (Not to mention i get paid extremely well) Join a trade kids.
stoly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I made up a number when I said 10–it was rhetorical. But from your own story, you’re looking at 5 before you’re making the money.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes, but only because of shortage of people in that field, and good luck working in it as a disabled person! Most likely you’ll work under someone else, and that’s not like helping your father do gardening work, so there will be hard quotas and deadlines.
Mirshe@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This isn’t even true in a lot of places now. If you have a college nearby, expect your local trade school to have tuition similar to that college.