High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up for University

Re:High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads... by Avshalom on Thursday April 26, 2018 @06:44PM (#16936632)

I saved 30k in three years while working at Target. I am world class at needing less than I make.

But being able to save money doesn't change the ability to see possibilities as actually possible which is the fundamental reason so many people are not going into "skilled labor" trade jobs.

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Re:High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads... by mikekchar on Thursday April 26, 2018 @08:10PM (#16937282)

Congrats! I have a couple of friends that are "professional students". Not a lot of security in that, but is it any worse than "starving artist"? I'm reading what you are writing and I see nothing wrong except that you are unhappy. I don't think you need to fix what isn't broken. I hope that helps a bit, but I'm sure it doesn't :-) Good luck!

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Re:High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads... by Avshalom on Thursday April 26, 2018 @08:31PM (#16937415)

In as much I'm not starving it's amazingly better than being a starving artist. In as much as I wake up everyday feeling like I am in exactly the same place as I was yesterday regardless of objective achievements... I'm still counting down the days until I die (17562 days according to wolfram alpha).

I'll wake up tomorrow and take a step. The upside to knowing there is no destination is that while no step takes you forward, no step takes you back either?

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