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Re:Pay in Oil Fields, Not College, Is Luring Youths in Montana by icegreentea on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @10:57AM (#4969630)
The earning potential comes from up-skilling and potentially applying yourself to other fields - literally. For example, the 40k mark seems awfully low compared to the pay up in Alberta. Mind you, the quotes of ~100k+ are typically for skilled labor - typically welders or the like.

You will also note that generations of North Americans raised their family this way. Certainly not the easiest life, but definitely doable.

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Re:Pay in Oil Fields, Not College, Is Luring Youths in Montana by jiggy2011 on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @11:04AM (#4969663)
True, but in such a case the real value of that first job comes from the training/education/experience it provides rather than the paycheck.

So it is the value of that which should be compared against the value of college. The article doesn't seem to put a lot of mention to this.

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