i wanted to learn a trade after high school, but when it came time to apply to postsecondary programs, my parents did all they can to steer me towards university. i was horrible at math so i could only get into a B.A. program. now i'm stuck with a degree in political science that i can't use. can't go to grad school either bc my gpa was too low. not to mention i'm broke as shyt
but at least my parents got to tell their church friends that their son was studying at [prestigious local university]
Word. I remember my moms telling me (Junior in HS) about some dude who was an Electrician. She was supposed to have me take a class there at night, but things fell through. Man, if I did that at that age I'd be caking now.
Trade school or apprenticeship?Their loss.
Day 4 completed I bent more conduit gotta do alot of reading tonight.
The shyt is HARD work so yeah if you dancing stunting for the gram like a thot....You prolly not going to make it.
Cost of learning is almost non existent if you go through a union Apprenticeship
Had to pay a couple hundred for union initiation fees, and for tools obviously and that’s the only outta pocket expenses I’ve occurred in my 2 years as a apprentice
That’s the thing, nikkas nowadays see middle class as being broke
Lot of nikkas will say 68k a year+ Union benefits ain’t enough
I actually know most black men doing trade jobs. Good money too. But walking up to a chick in your early 20s saying you work in cooling and heating or you’re a plumber isn’t the coolest thing in the worst tbh
Cost of learning is almost non existent if you go through a union Apprenticeship
Had to pay a couple hundred for union initiation fees, and for tools obviously and that’s the only outta pocket expenses I’ve occurred in my 2 years as a apprentice
That’s the thing, nikkas nowadays see middle class as being broke
Lot of nikkas will say 68k a year+ Union benefits ain’t enough
I've made a thread on this a while back, but going to college is easily the biggest mistake I've ever made. Got nothing out of it except for a silly little piece of paper. I'm currently working at a job I could have gotten just as easily with a GED
More men, not just blacks, need to look into trades. You can make a good living with one, and the cost of learning one is a fraction of what a college "education" costs.
Absolutely
What type of electrical work is this though? Residence?Absolutely
They pay you based on how many years you been in. For example you might be in a 5 year apprenticeship program, pay scale might look like this
Year 1: $21.44
Year 2: $27.06
Year 3: $33.74
Year 4: $37.06
Year 5- you top out at journeyman:$ 41.00
That’s why I tell nikkas not to go to trade school, just get into a union apprenticeship. They’ll teach you plus you’ll be earning some decent bread
[QUOTE="Rayzah, post: 30075146, member: 1656]
But look at Asian and Mexican immigrants or even indian, they move the whole family over, go work contract manual labor jobs and pool their money together to buy houses in nice neighborhoods.. black people are too selfish and stingy to share /QUOTE]
nah let me tell you what these Mexicans do breh
They learn a craft via an apprenticeship. cop a fixer-upper crib, fix it up nice af then move they whole fam in there.
I can’t even knock the hustle
Unions don’t really do residential electrical work. That’s more independent contractors and side hustle type shyt.
