The devaluation of post-secondary education

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

When I came out of college, the first job I was offered was as a machinist's apprentice. I turned it down, because I was damned well going to use the education I paid for. I might not be making what I am now if I'd gone that way, and I might have been out of a job a few times along the way (which I was anyway, with the path I chose), but I would have been making more money faster than I did. Hell, I wish I had that skillset now.

There's nothing wrong, nothing embarrassing, about being in a skilled trade.It's good, honest work and a good income.

Man, I wish I had the balls and could afford to just turn my ship around and go for something like that... I love working with my hands, but I have zero skill... One of the few things I wish I wouldn't have listened to my dad about... Using my head instead of breaking my back... I think I could have done both, and would probably go home every day a bit more satisfied.