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Those days are gone. I see kids hired in white collar jobs not making a lot more than minimum wage. And they make them salary and force them to work 80 hour weeks.Mike Rowe just did a segment on a guy who started his own septic pumping company. Guy is a multi-millionaire now.Total waste of money for most of the students. Get them to become skilled tradespersons. Electricians, Welders, Carpenters, Truck Drivers, Plumbers etc.
Just what we need....millions of Electricians, Welders, Carpenters, Truck Drivers, Plumbers flooding the employment market
Or you can go get a Masters in something and slave away making someone else rich while you take home $34,000 a year.
Or if you go to college get a degree in something practical.
I started at $40k in 1999 with a ChemE degree and work in Environmental Engineering and now make $126k.
I probably could be making more if I jumped around from company to company, but I didn't