[metmom]

This is a good trend and you’re right.

Probably 10 years ago at least, an auto mechanic friend of mine said that someone good in the trades can earn 6 figures with no problem there’s the much of a shortage of skilled tradesmen.

[beaversmom]

My brother was/is a self taught mechanic. He was so good and fast he made over $100k in the 90s.

[Hot Tabasco]

Welders, for example, had 584,000 job openings in January of 2024, according to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

My nephew's son was definitely not a candidate for college. Fortunately for him, in his last two years of high school, they offered an after school welding program.

Following graduation, he enrolled in the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology in Ohio. I think it was a 9 month program that also offered housing with friends of the school.

Following graduation in 2021 or 22, the job offers came pouring in. He accepted a job offer from a company close to home. Since he's living with his parents for now, he has already paid off the $35k tuition fee.