It’s wild how people act like skipping college automatically means you failed at life. Meanwhile, I’ve got family in the trades making real money while half my class is stressing over student loans …It’s wild how people act like skipping college automatically means you failed at life. Meanwhile, I’ve got family in the trades making real money while half my class is stressing over student loans and unpaid internships.
Electricians, welders, mechanics, HVAC techs -that stuff takes training, precision, problem-solving, and experience. It’s not “easy mode,” it’s just a different lane.
Why is manual skill treated like it’s somehow less valuable than office skill? Is it just status culture? Curious what people actually think.