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Sounds like a false dichotomy, not everyone needs a phd to make 6 figures
nice post to rep ratio bud
I don't think you'll do well at work given you care this much about numbers on a screen
You can make six figures in trades. Except it’ll take you years and years of manual labor to do so. Waking up at 5am to work a 10-12 hour shift outside, working with convicted felons all day, etcetera… sure you can make a lot of money by investing/starting a business or something, but if you’re a person with an average level of competence and work ethic, you have to learn skills that make you valuable to employers
Why the fuck are you equating having a university degree with skills? What?
Is investing not just a gamble tho?
Tradesman are skilled labourers, but the culture is horrid, work conditions terrible and pay is garbage till you’re qualified. Starting your own business is kind of a pipe dream, everybody with a van and some tools can do that. Competition is rife
For the best career prospects you should get a good degree and acquire as many relevant skills as possible. While you’re in college take up internships or low level jobs in your desired career field- learn how the operations are actually run, in addition to having the classroom knowledge. Get proficient in using all the technology/software that’s commonly used in your desired career field.
Exactly. There’s plenty of office working Redditors that complain about “corporate culture” or “office politics.” I get it, grass is always greener. Making 100k salary typing emails in a climate controlled building and flirting with Becky at lunch is objectively better than making 100k toiling away outside and eating gas station food.
Good advice still no guarantees in this world. Buddy of mine finished comsci degree, interned and has mum in the field. Is moving overseas for work cus can’t find job here
That’s why you don’t get a degree in something that can be outsourced to 50 indians
They don’t outsource labour to them as their “education” isn’t recognised here afaik. There was a massive boom in interest for programmers decade ago with big money, that narrative still exists. That’s why mfs are getting fleeced
It sucks. It's a curse. Just as bad as school. Not any better or worse. Just different, but sucks all the same.
well thats what im doing, finished high school and sixthform/college to now take on low level jobs like retail so that i can earn some baby money, this is useful to me because i have no other source of income other than government giving like 80 dollars a week which is nothing. then ill be earning about 580 a week once i get the job and then i can save that money up cause i dont pay rent or electricity/internet/gas/heating etc and invest it wisely buying my first second-hand car so i can move around, start some side gigs immediately while im working the job and save the rest to not be stressed financially. from there i can start advancing
Getting a university is a gamble too, a lot of people get a bachelor's or even a master's and now are like "wait why was i even trying to get this" For every job that requires a master's that pays well, you can find another that pays the same if not more and doesn't require it.
no, school was fun
