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Friend skipped college and joined the electricians union during the 2007-8 crash. Started his own business three years ago and is already charging essentially w

Friend skipped college and joined the electricians union during the 2007-8 crash. Started his own business three years ago and is already charging essentially whatever he wants as most electricians are old and retiring. He barely knows any electricians our age.

kryogen1c 8y ago
I knew a man that joined the Navy because he advanced so fast as an electrician that in his early 20s he had people working for him that had been in the industry for 30 years and he was tired of being hassled by them. I knew another man that started working at a shipyard out of high school as a rigger (guy that lifts stuff, doesn't get much more blue collar), and in a couple years was supervising the assembly of Warships making thousands of dollars a week - SV eat your heart out. This is something Mike Rowe has been advocating for years. Not only is college not cheap, even if it was free it's a worse option in every way for a lot of people. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2018/08/30/dirtiest-man-on-tv-mike-rowe-takes-on-americas-skills-gap-problem/#7c2432ba6da5 https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2018/08/30/dirties...
- hkmurakami 8y ago
  Unfortunately it’s not just about the money. In many circles of our society, non white collar work is seen as inferior and lower class. This stigma needs to be lifted before we can expect more people to enter these trades.
  - lotsofpulp 8y ago
    The stigma will automatically be lifted once people see non white collar workers living in the nice parts of town sending children to the nice schools and generally having a nicer quality of life.
    - repolfx 8y ago
      Maybe. Or maybe it'll just cause frustration, resentment and denial when people realise the expensive degrees that were supposed to confer on them a superior intellect and lifestyle don't seem to have worked.

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Friend skipped college and joined the electricians union during the 2007-8 crash. Started his own business three years ago and is already charging essentially w

by sharkweek 8y ago

kryogen1c 8y ago
I knew a man that joined the Navy because he advanced so fast as an electrician that in his early 20s he had people working for him that had been in the industry for 30 years and he was tired of being hassled by them. I knew another man that started working at a shipyard out of high school as a rigger (guy that lifts stuff, doesn't get much more blue collar), and in a couple years was supervising the assembly of Warships making thousands of dollars a week - SV eat your heart out. This is something Mike Rowe has been advocating for years. Not only is college not cheap, even if it was free it's a worse option in every way for a lot of people. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2018/08/30/dirtiest-man-on-tv-mike-rowe-takes-on-americas-skills-gap-problem/#7c2432ba6da5 https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2018/08/30/dirties...
- hkmurakami 8y ago
  Unfortunately it’s not just about the money. In many circles of our society, non white collar work is seen as inferior and lower class. This stigma needs to be lifted before we can expect more people to enter these trades.
  - lotsofpulp 8y ago
    The stigma will automatically be lifted once people see non white collar workers living in the nice parts of town sending children to the nice schools and generally having a nicer quality of life.
    - repolfx 8y ago
      Maybe. Or maybe it'll just cause frustration, resentment and denial when people realise the expensive degrees that were supposed to confer on them a superior intellect and lifestyle don't seem to have worked.