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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by RC_ITR on Thursday January 13, 2022 @01:03PM (#29924221)
It's kind of a political meme that welding is the key to everyone getting a middle class lifestyle, because good welders get paid a good amount.

The joke ofc being that there is a 'shortage' of welders because it's actually very hard to become a good welder. If, somehow, we got a bunch of people to become really good welders, it would just go to being a low paid profession.

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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by subsubzero on Thursday January 13, 2022 @02:10PM (#29925222)
its very hard to be become a good welder and it usually takes about a decade to master that craft, so 10 years gone. Very similar to medical school except you are making money during that decade instead of paying it to schools and residency.
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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by a9h74j on Thursday January 13, 2022 @07:03PM (#29928795)
And you can fail to get a residency even after $300K to get through medical school.
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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by throwawayboise on Thursday January 13, 2022 @03:12PM (#29926148)
The best people in any field make the most money in general, and it takes a lot of experience and work along with intelligence and natural ability to be among that group.
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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by tejtm on Thursday January 13, 2022 @04:15PM (#29926973)
sounds just like programming ... I know! let's invent object oriented welding to lower the barriers to being able to make a weld that holds.
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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by SketchySeaBeast on Thursday January 13, 2022 @05:15PM (#29927692)
If you're welding without regard for the objects or their orientation you're probably going to have a bad time.
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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by lazyasciiart on Thursday January 13, 2022 @10:12PM (#29930188)
It probably won't be proper functional welding either.
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