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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]go into trades - plumber, mechanics, handyman, electrician...etc. a lot of opportunities. [/quote]

Also the medical field. Two years of community college can get a degree in Nuclear Medicine Technologist with an average salary of $100k, Radiation Therapist, same salary, Surgical Technologist with salary about $60k.

There are quite a few two year degrees in the medical field.  If you end up really liking it there are options to go further.

[b]Old people who haven’t left the office job in 25 years don’t understand how the job market has changed.   It’s no longer a college degree and then into an office with a desk and computer and a conference room.  There are trades that make a good salary, there are new social media careers that can make a lot of money.  It’s finding the right one that’s tough.  [/quote][/b]

This is a rude and ignorant thing to say - good lord the ageism on here.  I've been in the work force for 40 years - started working at age 14 and have had several career changes. We "old people" have seen multiple changes over the years and we've learned to adapt and pivot whenever we needed to, as our parents and grandparents did before us.  I have faith in our young people, they will too.  Like a pp mentioned earlier, we think we're living in a special time - we're not.  The world evolves, innovates, changes and people have to change with it.

And I'm a strong believer in the humanities too - at least take some history classes; I'm often astonished at the lack of knowledge of world and even US history in this country![/quote]

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