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Alternatively, student loans are rediculously high. Every adult I know always pushes college, but had I been given a $100k loan to buy a rental unit at 18, I'd

Alternatively, student loans are rediculously high. Every adult I know always pushes college, but had I been given a $100k loan to buy a rental unit at 18, I'd have turned that into $250k by the time I finished 5 years of school. Not to mention, I could have worked a 9 - 5, $25 / hr job, and bought a second or third... Perhaps school isn't the best in many cases. Now I pay $1k a month in student loan payments, on top of everything else. I'm in tech too, so it's not bad - but I can imagine the 95 / 100 who don't get a tech job are struggling

kiliantics 9y ago
Where do you get a 9-5 job that pays $25/hr without going to college? I know adjunct professors that get paid less than that.
- AFNobody 9y ago
  I got that starting w/o a degree in web dev...so...yeah.
- Erik816 9y ago
  Adjunct professors make less money than just about anyone, college educated or not. Many skilled trades can easily make $25/hour. The median wage for an electrian, for example, is $25/hour based on a quick search. That will depend on location and experience, but college is not the only way to get a decent paying job.
  - BatFastard 9y ago
    Sure, but how many people are trained in skilled trades?
- lettergram 9y ago
  That's the median starting salary for a lot of places. I was actually speaking to a UPS driver about how that was his starting salary..
  - moftz 9y ago
    UPS drivers don't start out as drivers. You have to work your way up from package handling to get to that point. $25/hr isn't reasonable for any entry level job with no college degree requirement. Even a skilled trade like an electrician still requires training and apprenticeships. You might not be going to college but it's going to take just as long to become a journeyman in whatever trade you are looking at.
    - Chris_Jay 9y ago
      I made that as a roughneck straight out of high school. It's not that unusual.
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kiliantics 9y ago

Where do you get a 9-5 job that pays $25/hr without going to college? I know adjunct professors that get paid less than that.

AFNobody 9y ago
I got that starting w/o a degree in web dev...so...yeah.
Erik816 9y ago
Adjunct professors make less money than just about anyone, college educated or not. Many skilled trades can easily make $25/hour. The median wage for an electrian, for example, is $25/hour based on a quick search. That will depend on location and experience, but college is not the only way to get a decent paying job.
- BatFastard 9y ago
  Sure, but how many people are trained in skilled trades?
lettergram 9y ago
That's the median starting salary for a lot of places. I was actually speaking to a UPS driver about how that was his starting salary..
- moftz 9y ago
  UPS drivers don't start out as drivers. You have to work your way up from package handling to get to that point. $25/hr isn't reasonable for any entry level job with no college degree requirement. Even a skilled trade like an electrician still requires training and apprenticeships. You might not be going to college but it's going to take just as long to become a journeyman in whatever trade you are looking at.
  - Chris_Jay 9y ago
    I made that as a roughneck straight out of high school. It's not that unusual.

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