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"With no college degree and little experience, it's possible to land a job with a six-figure salary"

• computerbob 13y ago
  Yeah, I read the article too.
• protomyth 13y ago
  To make real money without a college education, you need vocational training or a CDL (commercial drivers license). Or provide one of the other services (food, entertainment) well.
  • TheCapn 13y ago
    These companies are desperate. They'll pay for anyone to get the training if they're able bodied.
• pabb 13y ago
  It's true. I live in Cleveland and I met a guy on public transit a couple years back that I struck up conversation with because he was wearing a cowboy hat and boots and was clearly out of his element. He told me he was in town for an oil conference and told me all about the Bakken region and the mad rush of companies looking to get a piece of the pie. Essentially, once the oil basin was discovered, all the major US oil producers stormed the region and immediately began setting up shop. As a result, they also offered massive salaries for anyone willing to come up and work, especially young guys. He told me the major draw at first was truck drivers, who were making six-figures easily (side note: the roads in and out of town were decimated due to the amount of trucking passing through). Obviously the first ones to get established are going to get the most benefit from fracking the region, so it's easy to see why they offered such outrageous salaries. Likewise, I remember him telling me about how there was absolutely nothing to do up there besides hit the bar, so that also pushes salaries higher. I know software (and its wages) is the all-powerful blood of the Earth, according to HN, but don't be so skeptical of the power of supply and demand.