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[quote=Anonymous]I heard an npr show that featured young adults choosing trades over getting a college degree. I thought the show mentioned a government publication that was a forecast of which trades would be in greatest need in the future. I tried to find the corresponding article but couldn’t find the exact one, but these articles are similar.

https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/04/25/605092520/high-paying-trade-jobs-sit-empty-while-high-school-grads-line-up-for-university

https://www.npr.org/2021/04/21/989609489/finding-your-way-to-a-high-paying-trade-job-without-college

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/07/1043737586/college-degree-high-school-diploma-high-paying-trade-jobs

Finding a niche can be very lucrative - a friend of mine has an uncle who has a septic tank business in a part of Long Island that doesn’t have a sewer system, so everyone has to have a tank. And then people forget to maintain them so he charges a lot for emergency service. Her other uncle runs a tick mitigation service there and has expanded his business twice. [/quote]

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