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Originally Posted by jcommin
Trade schools aren't cheap either. Where/what are these high paying trade school jobs at?
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They may not start out high, but it's a lot better to start out at $40k a year after 2-3 yrs. of trade school or apprenticeship AND no student loan debt with skills that will never not be in high demand than to get out of college in five years with $100k in debt and still the same starting salary. BTW, does anyone make it out of undergrad in four yrs. anymore?
In AZ you will never be unemployed if you work in the HVAC biz. You might be slow a few mos. of the year, but your phone will ring off the hook from May to Sept. The place I use had a guy who was older than me who, after a few years, got an offer he couldn't refuse from the local Marriott hotel to be their HVAC manager. He was doing pretty well before that and they had to make him a ridiculous offer to steal him. There is upward mobility in the trades. And if you don't start out making a lot of money, at least you don't also start out with a mortgage-size debt load.