Same story. I used to work with welders (I was a test engineer) and they had all apprenticed and not gone to "welding college." Could be myopia on the part of

Same story. I used to work with welders (I was a test engineer) and they had all apprenticed and not gone to "welding college." Could be myopia on the part of the author in looking at a college-trained welder, since the author seems to imply traditional college is a better path to financial stability than welding college (which may be entirely true).