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[quote=Anonymous]Twin boys.
2020 HS grads. One went to CC and got AS in construction technology other is in Biz school and will graduate 2025.
Both are talented builders.
DS1 makes 50k @21 yo and has 401k w employer match and healthcare. On track for a piece of the company if he stays. Living his dream building million dollar homes on coast of Maine.
DS2 still in school and on track to graduate w/degree in biz management and then go into building.
The trades are extraordinarily entrepreneurial and we are confident they made the right decision. They may even end up in business together. We've never seen them happier. Parents are both holders of 4 year degrees , but saw the benefits of CC or trade school for one of our sons vs. 4yr education.

The trades are a direct inject into the job market and spare you the impersonal cattle call of rejection of Indeed, LinkedIn and the like.
Employers are hungry and the jobs are waiting for kids who show drive and acumen. In most cases companies will pay a livable wage to continue to train an educate these kids.

Don't sleep on the trades or community college. Have you seen the demand or the rates for people with a specific skill lately?
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