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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Going into a trade: okay reason to skip college (although I’d impress on your child that not having a degree will close some doors, especially if he wants to progress to management in a trade or if he decides he doesn’t want to work in a trade anymore).

Day trading, bitcoin, etc: not an acceptable reason to skip college. [/quote]

Friend's son knew from the time he hit high school that he wanted to be a mechanic for high-end cars. He and his family found a training program (and it was selective! Not anyone could just walk into this program) run by one of the highest-end car brands. He spent, I think, 18 months or two years JUST studying and getting hands-on experience through this full-time program. He can make great money now and loves what he does, but yes, he had to work very hard to get there in his trade.

Is your son that passionate about and focused on a trade, OP? If he's a junior right now, and he really means it re: a trade, well, he needs to start thinking about it now. Not after he finishes high school.

OP, unless your son is very serious about a trade, and is willing and able to do whatever training a trade takes, he's going to find that he's stuck in the lowest level jobs. I suspect he has no idea that trades require schooling too, sometimes quite a lot of it. And PP is right that for advancement, he may find that he can't get beyond a certain job level (and pay level) without a collee degree.

Agree with some above, who say that if he hasn't worked a basic service or labor type of job, he needs to do that. He may find out fast that he'd rather go to college. [/quote]

If my kid wanted to go into a trade (mine didn't---no interest in doing that), I'd encourage them to get an AA degree first , probably in Business.  Then go into the trade, that way you have the beginning tools to own your own company later.  But I'd make sure they understand that trades are great, but by age 45/50, many are back breaking and hard to do 10 hours a day.  So what do they plan to do then or if they get injuries that prevent them from working? It's a realistic probability, so you need to have a plan, as most plumbers and electricians simply cannot afford to stop working at age 50.  But you could move into owning the business 
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