That depends what you want to do. The work and opportunities a degree holding engineer will get is far higher than a tradesmen. Also, you dont need that much de

That depends what you want to do. The work and opportunities a degree holding engineer will get is far higher than a tradesmen. Also, you dont need that much debt. A state school engineering degree is extremely affordable and gives the same opportunities as a more expensive degree. But if you want a position as an engineer you need to go to school to be one, its one of the more cut and dry professions out there (Not talking about software engineering)