High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up For University

[CouldntBeMeTho]

I'm eating really good right now off trade jobs. Companies fighting over me, I got 3 different shops I used to work at that want me to come back. Plus many more offers. 32$ a hour is where I'm at currently as a tig welder

I started a new job about a month ago, I turned down a decent offer at another company to start working there. The next day they call me and offer me 5$ more a hour. shyt I quit and packed my stuff and left for my current job

The place I left was begging me to stay, and said I should come back if things don't work out. I didn't even give them proper notice.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Id rather take my chances at employment and wages than on a shakey ass degree that will start my adulthood in debt

People keep preaching STEM degrees on here. fukk that get a skill and you will always be able to bring in an income. I work at a trade school so I see the results. A lot of people look down on trades becuz we are wired to wanna make as much money with as little effort as possible. Some people work better with their hands and there's a lot of pride that comes with that. An 18 year old could start electrical training right now and be a master before they even hit 30

 

[Ya Sinning Mane]

Ima have to pick up a trade.

I jus dont know what yet.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

I think the issue is that these jobs can be replaced by AI.

Hell back in the late 19th century you could raise a family of four off being a street lamp lighter. Every night you take a ladder to each street post and light the candles on it.

A lot of people don't realize with trades that states are heavily involved. Its gonna be a long time before states approve something that will decrease tax revenue. Plus on top of that robots cant move the way humans do to be able to get into crawl spaces and shyt. This is why I been saying it'll be A LONG time before we see self driving Class A vehicles. The states have to approve it no matter what the companies want

 

[god shamgod]

Everybody doesn't want to be a pipe fitter or sheet metal worker or the rest of these flintstones ass jobs

 

[BmoreGorilla]

And truth be told yall. These STEM fields are much easier to replace by AI than the trades

 

[Amerikan Melanin]

Young black men need to take these trades over by storm.

Especially

Welding
Electricians
linemen
Plumbers
Operating engineers

In major cities these are all 6 figure jobs. Oh an you can start all of these with no college debt.

I wish I had known about union trades when I graduated high school I’d be a retired multimillionaire right now. You are learning skills you can side hustle with also.

 

[Mac Brown]

I honestly wish I never went to college and picked a trade (like electrician)

But I had zero guidence back in the day and was only pushed to college because thats all my people knew what to say.

 

[badtguy]

Why would i want to work a construction job that pays me 60,000 when I could earn that behind a computer working remotely 1 day a week

 

[Ol’Otis]

I’m into programming now

The Mexicans out west got the construction industry on lock

And half these muthafukkas can’t speak English

 

[Iceson Beckford]

People keep preaching STEM degrees on here. fukk that get a skill and you will always be able to bring in an income. I work at a trade school so I see the results. A lot of people look down on trades becuz we are wired to wanna make as much money with as little effort as possible. Some people work better with their hands and there's a lot of pride that comes with that. An 18 year old could start electrical training right now and be a master before they even hit 30

Trades don’t pay quite as well in the UK as they do in America from what I’ve seen but I strongly support them.

All the men in my family are tradesmen. Brother has recently left the streets to become a bricklayer, my cousin is a site manager/carpenter and my dad is a retired surveyor

I just need to prove people wrong and try and excel at my chosen trade once I leave school

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

these flintstones ass jobs

 

[monsterpreneur]

It's not that simple. There's more grads than there is jobs. Every school has a bunch of people graduating with good degrees they can use with high GPAs.

Pretty much. Too much competition if everyone is doing the same thing. Plus most people don’t have any actual work experience or skills with regards to their degrees.

 

[monsterpreneur]

My man works in construction. He’s a cement finisher and a carpenter. Definitely makes good money. Would love to see more black men in trades.

 

[Iceson Beckford]

My man works in construction. He’s a cement finisher and a carpenter. Definitely makes good money. Would love to see more black men in trades.

May blessings be onto that man in his career

Shoutout to you too for not being a status obsessed bird and supporting him