As I understand it, interest in learning traditional trades as a career is on the rise......while I will never independently wealthy a trade sustained my entire career and I was able to retire at 59-1/2.
I’m not knocking college degrees but we have all we need and I did it all without one.
College just isn’t for everyone.
Agreed. Too many people are being encouraged to go to college when they do not need it. That said, however, for those who do want a liberal arts education, colleges have become too bloated with worthless side studies.
The same for me...
I took drafting in high school and liked it.
Continued at a no-frills state trade school.
Following gaining my certificate, I went to work as a draftsman.
Draftsman morphed into computer aided drafting & design.
I took occasional tech courses to keep up with industry advances.
I comfortably retired July 2017.