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Re:High-School Shop Students Attract Skilled-Trades Job Offers by dyauspitr on Monday May 12, 2025 @03:48AM (#43960560)
Yeah I would like to do that too but I have no interest in working for $60k for the rest of my life.
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Re:High-School Shop Students Attract Skilled-Trades Job Offers by Ylpertnodi on Monday May 12, 2025 @06:14AM (#43961391)
60k pa for the rest of your life depends on where you currently live. Or, where you would like to move to for retirement.
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Re:High-School Shop Students Attract Skilled-Trades Job Offers by dbbljack on Monday May 12, 2025 @07:19AM (#43961786)
especially when you can get the same $60k by getting two promotions at walmart (associate -> team lead -> coach)
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Re:High-School Shop Students Attract Skilled-Trades Job Offers by csa on Monday May 12, 2025 @05:08PM (#43967467)
> I have no interest in working for $60k for the rest of my life.

I’m not sure where you live, but folks in the trades in CA move beyond $60k fairly quickly.

I realize that is partially because of CA, where full time fast food folks make $40k a year minimum, but many of the folks in trades that I know have really nice houses and cars.

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