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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With higher paying trade work being more male dominated is it any wonder that fewer of them are going to college?

Spoiler alert: The guy making $150k as a plumber is in a better position than the woman making $75k as an exec assistant with loan debt. [/quote]

I have a number of friends in the trades. Talk to them when they're mid 40s and have worked 20-25 years already. The work is physically grinding and takes a toll. One injury and you're out of work for weeks or months.

Reminds me of a guy I was talking to last week, who did refrigeration and HVAC. He had to quit because he was on call 24/7 to fix commercial refrig units and body couldn't handle getting calls at 3am to drive out and fix some broken ice cream freezer at Giant. He was in his early 50s.[/quote]

This is my cousin reL HVAC. The money is great, but the work is hard and takes a physical toll. He invested in other things in order to not be so heavily leveraged in the business if something happens to him. [/quote]

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