> Also important to note that if you get paid (a proper wage) while apprenticing, you're quite lucky already. >There are plenty of occupations with apprentices

> Also important to note that if you get paid (a proper wage) while apprenticing, you're quite lucky already. >There are plenty of occupations with apprenticeships where you do not get paid until you've got your foot firmly in the hallway past the door. For example, anything related A good friend of mine was an apprentice union welder when we were younger. His hourly wage was quite good at that time, easily comparable to my tech wage with around the same experience. However, because of the union seniority, whenever there were work shortages, he was the first one cut. He'd regularly spend 1/4 to 1/3 of the year unemployed.