This is the first time I post here. I really enjoy the useful advice here and find the examples of how people live instrumental. Something I'm seeing more and more of on this subreddit and in the world at large is that too many people get themselves into debt thinking that going to college is the only way, and that incurring loads of debt is par for the course. You can join a skilled trade still! Some local unions are taking in new apprentices. Apprenticeships are about as long as a college education (mine took five years) but the main difference is is that you get paid to learn a skill. I started with the millwright's union at $19.01 per hour in 2007. I drove a borrowed car and a few hand tools together and went to work. Today a union journeyman millwright from my home local makes over $41 per hour take home. I worked outages at power plants in SW US. I made $90k in my third year in and I never had to work May to September. I take great satisfaction in being able to transfer these skills to use them at home on home fixes and auto repairs. It's not just millwrights, too. The ironworkers I'm working with earn around $36 per hour. If you're not especially "handy," the laborers, who employ people from a wide gambit of skills, earn high as well. These trades do not require you to get indebted financially to start earning a living right away.
Submitted March 16, 2017 at 02:44PM by tastyville http://ift.tt/2mzcyP9
