Looks like trades are killing college

[naturaltony]

Everywhere I look college grads are complaining about lack of jobs and competition etc...lol
Meanwhile blue collar union guys I know are pulling $35 and hour plus overtime lol

What a world

[MrDeafMuscle]

Thats how it was 50 years ago......


They need to train kids in high school a trade instead of wasting time with academics....

[idontdeadlift]

Literally every one one of my friends in my engineering program either has a internship for this next summer, or is graduating and has job offers.

Go to a good school with a good program.

Starting pay ranging from 60-80k, with plenty of room to move up.

[BeeQue]

GO to best Uni in Canada, and #14 in the world, don't know this feel

[MaximusMiscimus]

brb looking for statistical study on college vs vocational grad pay (srs)

[Vishca]

Everywhere I look college grads are complaining about lack of jobs and competition etc...lol
Meanwhile blue collar union guys I know are pulling $35 and hour plus overtime lol

What a world

Thats because us western people start to feel good to be the blue-collar worker, so the demand rises, and supply keeps dropping. Its a fact we are getting lazy.

That being said, brb in belgium every SINGLE blue-collar worker you see on the street, working on the infrastructure/or that are in in the construction field are ALL foreigners.

n this problem will only get worse with our current generation..

BRB that potato logic, need foreigners workers cus we don't want to do it our selves, but then complain about too many foreigners..

[4g64fiero]

lol

[yelojackt]

GO to best Uni in Canada, and #14 in the world, don't know this feel

depends on what u study. my major was #3 in the world, but it was eng

[BillBillson]

Trades are a better choice over most arts programs if you're interested in having a job and making money.
STEM majors are are still the master race

[TnukPunch]

The grads who can't find work either; majored in something stupid or didn't put the time in to network/gain working experience while they were studying.

[liftinbrah]

Literally every one one of my friends in my engineering program either has a internship for this next summer, or is graduating and has job offers.

Go to a good school with a good program.

Starting pay ranging from 60-80k, with plenty of room to move up.

This^

I graduated mechanical engineering and I supervise about 30 trades guys, the earning potential for the trades is capped, as a supervisor i start at the highest salary I am managing and go up from there.

[Jwock]

Not necessarily true OP, when I was an intern this past summer I was making $34/hr including other perks and compensation
also post undergrad comp 60K base plus up to 40k bonus with little to know real work experience as a 1st year

[jazzhanz]

technicalz gonnan technical

[DboyFresh]

Going to try and get a job up north

[LeoDaVinci]

Troof. Downside of trades are:

1. Less respect (which is bullchit, IMHO)
2. Low ceiling (rare is the tradesman who really starts and grows that private business he's always talking about)
3. Hard on the body (matters a lot more when you're 40+ and don't want to ache every day)

Great alternative to college. I'd rather be a framer or electrician than an office worker. In fact, I'd rather be a waiter or a parts runner/driver than an office worker.

[ihavecandygetin]

I was just in a thread last week about being poor, got slotted for a raise @ work right afterwards. So I went from 36k to 45k a year, not counting the benefits I'll get (company truck/cell phone/clothing allowances/3 weeks paid time off/Overtime galore/holidays/great insurance for family)

$21/hr blue collar work while going to school ... why do I need this damn degree if I'm already over $20/hr with benefits?

Fuak wasting money on college brahs, you can make it if you work hard and you don't need some silly paper to tell you so.

[jakobi78]

Everywhere I look college grads are complaining about lack of jobs and competition etc...lol
Meanwhile blue collar union guys I know are pulling $35 and hour plus overtime lol

What a world

if you're skilled...then yes, you make that much
i was making like $20/hr doing labour crap, 10 years ago

[deweze]

Everywhere I look

=Misc

[brahdude]

Don't know this feel. Had ****ty SAT scores, went to ****ty college and made ****ty grades and still make six figures.

[naturaltony]

Literally every one one of my friends in my engineering program either has a internship for this next summer, or is graduating and has job offers.

Go to a good school with a good program.

Starting pay ranging from 60-80k, with plenty of room to move up.

1. An internship is not a real job
2. Your engineering program is less than 1 percent of ALL college students so you proved nothing

[KyBrah32]

gonna go to trade school after i finish up my bachelors makes no sense but i already know i probably wont get a job in my major

[ihavecandygetin]

Troof. Downside of trades are:

1. Less respect (which is bullchit, IMHO)
2. Low ceiling (rare is the tradesman who really starts and grows that private business he's always talking about)
3. Hard on the body (matters a lot more when you're 40+ and don't want to ache every day)

Great alternative to college. I'd rather be a framer or electrician than an office worker. In fact, I'd rather be a waiter or a parts runner/driver than an office worker.

Where I come from in Maine there is more respect for blue collar workers. Office girls are just that, girls. Also, the average household income is only 30-40k, so 20/hr in trades is good money. If I was in NYC I don't think I'd be too happy with 20/hr. As far as being hard on the body, saves me time in the gym.

[DFS200]

Trades are great if you want to make $40,000 to $50,000 a year pretty early in life, but what if you want more?

[RutgersGrad]

LOL classic misc

[ATVx779]

1. An internship is not a real job
2. Your engineering program is less than 1 percent of ALL college students so you proved nothing

an internship actually IS a real job lol. you're an idiot. and most of the time, they hire you after you interned there. so its a win win.

[T-Roach]

good thing we have people interested in such fields. or do they pick them due to the fact that they think they're going to earn a lot of money? or because college "isn't for them"?

[darkeminence]

This^

I graduated mechanical engineering and I supervise about 30 trades guys, the earning potential for the trades is capped, as a supervisor i start at the highest salary I am managing and go up from there.

hidden brag post

[ihavecandygetin]

an internship actually IS a real job lol. you're an idiot. and most of the time, they hire you after you interned there. so its a win win.

Real job = benefits =/= internship.

Sorry, just aint happening. If it was a job they'd call it that and not an internship, srs.

[Kaybee93]

Currently taking a plumbery course. Gonna get the $$$$$

[mmaKody]

Thats how it was 50 years ago......


They need to train kids in high school a trade instead of wasting time with academics....

They do where I am. They have deisel tech classes and welding classes. There are kids from my HS that are welders for company's already at 19. I'm going the trade route but with either lineman or electrician. That or the marines.