Unless you want to become a doctor/dentist/lawyer or other professional jobs, an education is useless. Trades would be the better option.
I see many people with arts degree, yet they're working at Starbucks.
Your thoughts?
--Michael D. Clarke
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Depends on who you know. You can be the best tradesperson in the world, it doesn't matter without connections. Same in the academic world.
If you have the rare luxury of choice, then an education would be my preference. But that would be like winning the lottery three times in a row.
If you're talking only from the standpoint of the outcome in relation to what you'll earn in future, then trades are definitely better for a lot of people. However, not everyone is suited for the work. Education can be useless for some, and quite rewarding for others - and that's more in terms of personal growth rather than wage-based outcomes. So like everyone here has already stated, depends on the individual and their individual goals.
I also don't think the fact a lot of arts graduates end up working in Starbucks has anything to do with the value of the degree, it has a lot more to do with the cutting of funding to arts jobs and programs that might've ended up being lucrative had they not been cut. A lot of businesses and the government no longer think about the qualitative value of learning and just think about the bottom dollar, so there's less good jobs regardless of education, so getting an education at least gives you a leg up depending on the jobs you're applying for.
Depends what you waste your time learning AND weather you love it enough to make a living at it
At 16 I took a summer job as a ditch-digger, pick and shovel work, hated it but learned to work the tools rather than have them work me,,, A co-worker a year or so older said he was gonna be a ditch-digger the rest of his life
I went on, did 2 years of college accounting, ran out of money took a job in an accounting firm and hated it, Floated around a bit then moved to TX and became a carpenters apprentice building a nuclear power plant, Just a job right??
I loved it, very satisfying, stayed in construction another 30+ years, became a superintendent the last 15+ years
College is NOT the end all do all ----
WHATEVER you do to make a living you better love it because chances are you will be doing it the rest of your life
After I was a Super for a couple years I was visiting my home town and saw the guy I dug ditches with, he was running a track-hoe and still digging ditches ---- BUT he owned an excavation company
in this fucked up clown world crime is the only path that makes any sense...
sharePlumbers and electricians don’t park the van in your driveway for less than 300 bucks and they don’t need masks and shotguns.
Fuck crime, that’s a bad way to make money.
yeah but a plumber is dealing with human shit all day. i would rather be in prison doing time than be a plumber. its like being a prostitute, you have to EARN that money the HARD way....
crime is good if u follow the trailer park boys motto, instead of doing one big crime that gets u caught, you do a bunch of small insignificant crimes over a long period of time💰
I have a diverse work history and through my many jobs have acquired two of the most valuable resources to have in the work force, skills and experience, something no one can ever take away from me. Also over time, I've amassed a large collection of tools, all of which I know how to use correctly. I once had to buy several hundred dollars worth of tools before I could get hired at Hawker Beechcraft, a leading aerospace manufacturer. I've had jobs that could be considered unique, e.g. sandblasting railroad cars prior to painting.
I went to trade school for welding and CDL (commercial driver's license), which was reinforced with driver's training with both FedEx and Schwan's Home Delivery. I've also had a lot of on the job training with various large manufacturing companies.
I like an education that's guaranteed to ensure that you always can find work and be able to support yourself comfortably with the money you earn. Being swindled by greedy colleges just killed it for me ever since 2008, and honestly, getting into the trades is more beneficial than people think. They get right down to the subject at hand, instead of making you take a bunch of useless classes that have nothing to do with the profession you're aiming for. It's how I figured out what a scam college was after a few years of attending.
Even worse is, many young adults fresh out of high school have no idea on what to look for, nor does anyone show them what the job market is like, and it seems like almost nobody wants newbies that want to break into a career right now. Every single one of them yells "You don't have any experience!" I feel like screaming, "How are we supposed to get that experience if you don't give us a chance?!"