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Jul 9, 2024
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Trade school. Electrician, plumber, etc. Better than many college degrees.
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What would you say is the best job for someone that might not find success going
Stucoug83
Jul 9, 6:47pm
Trade school. Electrician, plumber, etc. Better than many college degrees.
Pollster
Jul 9, 6:48pm
Mechanics are doing very well right now too
CSoul
Jul 9, 6:50pm
Talk about jobs that will pay great. There’s money in these
SBB
Jul 9, 6:58pm
HVAC technician
CougaReb
Jul 9, 7:02pm
This
crimedog
Jul 9, 7:18pm
Dudes are all physically wrecked by 45
IGlowInTheDark
Jul 9, 7:21pm
This is why he should buy the business from a retiring boomer.
YOHONOMOTO
Jul 9, 7:44pm
HVAC
lightmann
Jul 9, 7:27pm
Electricians working for Data Center construction. I am in the middle of it in
bad84cougar
Jul 10, 5:57pm
Get into a trade, start your own company in 5 years.
GfB
Jul 9, 6:48pm
This is exactly what I would do in those circumstances.
RootieBoy
Jul 9, 6:50pm
Exactly. Trades make good money but make a killing when they run their own shop.
DwigtA2RM
Jul 9, 10:29pm
This is what my brother did. Started in construction doing flooring but
Cougphysio
Jul 10, 1:04pm
Availability bias is a problem here, though. Most people who go into the trades
russkiejedi
Jul 10, 6:42pm
I agree. My brother did not land where he did on accident. He had major
Cougphysio
Jul 10, 10:17pm
Military
Supercoug
Jul 9, 6:49pm
If he is thinking about going to college in the future this is a good option.
kcca
Jul 9, 7:23pm
Yep, I had a friend kind of like the OP son
NaturalNeuralNet
Jul 9, 7:33pm
In Utah look at the M-tech programs. Lots of opportunities there.
BYUtka
Jul 9, 6:49pm
Robot Tech...6 months to a year and he's making $87k or more... He'd get lots of
Don_Juan_El_Guapo
Jul 9, 6:52pm
What types of programs are available for this?
Wizbang
Jul 9, 7:46pm
Welding or machining good $ lots of work
bbhammer
Jul 9, 6:50pm
Sales.
JohnnyComeLately
Jul 9, 6:53pm
IMO sales jobs that don’t require education aren’t typically good jobs. Its
SBB
Jul 9, 6:59pm
I know a guy making over a million per year in sales. He has no college degree
Belboz
Jul 9, 7:02pm
I know plenty of guys making well over 6 figures in sales with no degrees.
JohnnyComeLately
Jul 9, 7:04pm
Disagree completely
JoeExotic
Jul 9, 7:12pm
It's been tough to get started in tech sales over the last few years.
DescdentCoug
Jul 10, 11:04am
The economy for tech sales has been a bit rough last couple years
JoeExotic
Jul 10, 12:16pm
This is as wrong a statement gets. The gifted can make millions in sales as HS dropouts. But for the OP, electrician.
roseyscenario
Jul 9, 9:11pm
There are plenty of exceptions- generally for most it’s not great
SBB
Jul 10, 8:40am
I have worked for major tech companies
JoeExotic
Jul 10, 9:00am
You’re right- everyone should go into sales- these jobs are readily available.
SBB
Jul 10, 9:03am
That is definitely not what I am saying.
JoeExotic
Jul 10, 12:13pm
That’s what I was saying as well. But saying “typically” apparently wasn’t good
SBB
Jul 10, 2:17pm
I disagree with your use of typically as it relates to degree or no degree
JoeExotic
Jul 10, 5:35pm
Instagram influencer, professional gamer, streamer, actor. The possibilities
Nikomedes
Jul 9, 6:53pm
Utah Dept of Corrections starting pay is around $29 per hour right now.
Manti
Jul 9, 6:53pm
And in 10 years the pay will be what? 39 an hour?
Chester Copperpot
Jul 9, 6:57pm
For someone that doesn't want to get an education, $40 per hour and a 25 year
Manti
Jul 9, 7:02pm
Easy way to hack this that I saw someone do once.
rad dawg
Jul 9, 7:04pm
Not corrections, but I know pay is getting more competitive for Law enforcement
BE-WHY-YOU
Jul 10, 7:15am
Trades - electrician, skilled welding, etc
kccougar
Jul 9, 6:53pm
Trade school or apprenticeship. Here is my list off the top of my head:
rad dawg
Jul 9, 6:57pm
College isn’t the only source to good employment. Ac guys can
bald man
Jul 9, 7:00pm
Air traffic control has some really great benefits and pay
Sinbad the Sailor
Jul 9, 7:00pm
But literally the most stressful job in the country.
Manti
Jul 9, 7:04pm
Completely depends on where you’re working. But yes if you’re at a huge airport
Sinbad the Sailor
Jul 9, 7:27pm
School part time get associates
BYU Grounds
Jul 9, 7:01pm
Trade school with goal of owning their own business as quickly as possible
cougfanz
Jul 9, 7:04pm
Is anyone here actually a mechanic, electrician, or plumber?
Charles Darwin
Jul 9, 7:06pm
CB has a warped sense of how few of them are actually making a ton of money…
IGlowInTheDark
Jul 9, 7:24pm
The key to making money in the trades is to become a journeyman.
gopman
Jul 9, 7:42pm
Journeymen do fine. But they're not knocking it out of the park. I see a lot of sub-$100k journeymen.
WDaddy
Jul 10, 4:27pm
I should add the guys who make bank are willing to travel all over
gopman
Jul 9, 7:56pm
This. My step brother is working towards a journeyman electrician.. says many
Lefty24
Jul 10, 1:51pm
Underwater welding. Incredibly dangerous & financially lucrative.
gopman
Jul 10, 3:43pm
$200k-$300k, LOL. Tell him to look at someone's actual paycheck.
WDaddy
Jul 10, 4:24pm
Not sure where you’re going with that. If you disagree with what they make, you
Lefty24
Jul 10, 8:07pm
No but I know a lot of them and use a lot of them.
YOHONOMOTO
Jul 9, 7:49pm
So you have dealt primarily with the owners or managers
Charles Darwin
Jul 9, 8:05pm
You don’t need a college background but you need to know how to self teach,
YOHONOMOTO
Jul 9, 8:37pm
There are big startup costs for a mechanic to start his own shop
Charles Darwin
Jul 9, 8:51pm
To be honest, if you're not cut out to succeed in college as OP mentioned
CommodoreCoug
Jul 10, 7:23am
I know tons of ppl who fit that mold and had no interest in college.
YOHONOMOTO
Jul 10, 8:07am
Had a Bishop who drove semis for UPS. Early morning, but a local regular route
Saregreat
Jul 9, 7:06pm
CBP
CougarMandias
Jul 9, 7:09pm
Sales
grosven
Jul 9, 7:14pm
Sales. Those guys make more than all my lawyer and doctor friends.
valleus
Jul 9, 8:02pm
Pest control business. Get a job as a tech, learn the business, be friendly to
BYUFBDAD
Jul 9, 8:08pm
I’ve said it before around here, so I’ll just link a post with my thoughts on
stenso
Jul 9, 8:35pm
Yeah this is accurate. Need to have the right personality and skills.
YOHONOMOTO
Jul 9, 8:37pm
That’s the best thing about it. If you can actually communicate you’re light
cougfanz
Jul 9, 9:28pm
Can't read it. Am I blocked?
sah22
Jul 9, 8:42pm
You also have to take into account that the many that go into it
cougfanz
Jul 9, 9:26pm
CNA
NYC and Japan
Jul 10, 7:53am
IMO, college is about learning, but its primary value in employment is to
russkiejedi
Jul 10, 9:01am
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