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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A plumber yesterday told me they charge $420 per hour.  I was shocked inflation drove plumbing service to $420 per hour!  Now how many college majors offer $420 per hour, even ten years post-graduation?   And the icing on the cake is AI will not replace residential plumbing maintenance jobs![/quote]

Earlier this week, I had a plumber snake a clogged kitchen sink drain - he charged $350 for 35 minutes of effort! [/quote]

yes, I got hit for $500 to fix my dishwasher drain. He was here for 45 minutes and is an independant (no overhead). I was bitter.  Its getting outrageous. But cant help but hit the panic switch when water is leaking.[/quote]
I told my DH who is an engineer and good at fixing stuff that he could always be a handy man when he retires around our UMC neighborhood to earn extra cash. He also likes working on the house.  A very educated friend of his was being charged $700 for something that DH fixed in 30min with a $35 part.

DH is trying to teach our college aged DS how to fix stuff. DS is interested in learning.

[b]We have so many well educated people in this area who can't fix things around the house. [/b] A plumber can easily make a ton of money around here.  But, it's also physically harder to be a plumber.  Don't see a lot of 60 yr old plumbers around.[/quote]

When I was in between jobs, I was substitute teaching and sometimes I would do so at the local vocational technical school (i'm not in dc).

I hate how this country has split up by SES in schooling. I loved the curriculum and structure of the vocational tech school but the county/district i was in would use it send a lot of 'problem kids' there so it was a lot more violent/fighting vs the UMC 'normal hs' i also had experience at.

i am from a 'test prep' fam so i get the whole scoring 1500 on the sat etc...and i don't think it's a bad thing to be a test 'gunner' but i think you can still do that but also have all kids train in some fundamental skills (plumbing, electrical, small engine, woodworking/construction, auto, etc).

schooling (k thru undergrad) is totally broken[/quote]

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