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I agree with the other commenter. So your examples are ones without much of a ladder in terms of pay scales and incur serious risk of death. That's wonderful.
by dinkumthinkum 17y ago
I agree with the other commenter. So your examples are ones without much of a ladder in terms of pay scales and incur serious risk of death. That's wonderful.
Also, the fact that you say "some make more than the average given in the article" really makes me want to say something flippant, but I won't. Politely, I will say: Notice the word average.
- ojbyrne 17y agoI'm a college graduate, so I'm amenable to arguments against the original post's thesis. But "depends on the field" is a logical flaw, because it's assuming that the distribution of results for college graduates is more positive than is represented by the average, while not accounting for the same possibility for non-college graduates. Also there's a pretty good ladder for some trades, which generally involve something that should be welcome here. Namely starting your own business. Over the course of my career I've met plumbers, cabinet-makers, steel workers, etc, etc. who took the higher pay they made right out of high school (or more often, two year trade school programs) and turned it into their own business. And have earned more than I have, with zero debt, at every step of their career. ADDITIONAL RANDOM EDIT: Bill Gates...