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[quote=Anonymous]Skilled tradespeople are very valuable--we need far more of them in our society. But most people who don't go to college also can't become successful skilled tradespeople because it requires A LOT of hard work and a decent amount of luck.

The hard work is self-explanatory. But luck plays a big role. To succeed at most skilled trades you need:
(1) to be healthy enough to do a job with a lot of movement and physical labor;
(2) to not suffer a career-ending injury (unfortunately, these injuries are very common--as compared to white collar workers, skilled tradespeople must pay much higher rates for disability insurance, if they can qualify at all, because insurance companies assess them to be much higher risks);
(3) to not have the expensive collection of tools necessary to your livelihood stolen or rendered unusable;
(4) to find experienced and ethical skilled tradespeople from whom to learn; and
(5) to find hardworking and ethical apprentices/employees with whom to work.

A lot can go wrong. E.g., a hand, back, or knee injury can end a career. The reason to go to college is that playing the odds, you stand a better chance at building a comfortable life when your work depends on your brain rather than your body (assuming you don't drown yourself in debt on the way).[/quote]

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