Comment on Why many in Gen Z are ditching college for training in skilled trades
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 1 day agoNot to mention that pay wasn’t that great in the trades back then as it is now. Even with college debt an engineering degree would get you financially ahead of someone starting a job in the trades. Pay is only good in the trades now because of the massive labor shortage. If GenZ and Alpha goes into the trades en masse wages will get suppressed and even fall and the cycle repeats.
Mirran@lemmynsfw.com 21 hours ago
Pay is good in the trades because by and large, a lot of the tradie boomers who depressed wages because “well I got by on $12/hr for years and you should also have to work your way up to making a livable wage” have retired or died.