Trades did well for me, and financially nearly all my close friends who went trades are doing better than nearly all my close friends who went to college.
Try a trade job while being disabled, and not in a “helping dad refurbish the bathroom” style scenario. You’ll understand why many people are not choosing trade jobs.
Associates are great. Cheap. Not sure they have any value tho. More like a good launching board for a shorter bachelor program if you want to pivot careers in the future
Degrees are nice but I often wonder if I should have gotten an associates and started working sooner with no debt.
Trade school too. Trades are necessary, can pay very well, and for whatever reason are stigmatized in the US, so there is a high demand.
Doing something tangible is also so much more rewarding than dying overweight at a desk typing the same code over and over ad infinitum.
Trades did well for me, and financially nearly all my close friends who went trades are doing better than nearly all my close friends who went to college.
Try a trade job while being disabled, and not in a “helping dad refurbish the bathroom” style scenario. You’ll understand why many people are not choosing trade jobs.
Associates are great. Cheap. Not sure they have any value tho. More like a good launching board for a shorter bachelor program if you want to pivot careers in the future