[YankeeReb]

Go to Mercedes Benz and train to be one of their automotive technicians, and get a job at the dealership out of high school, even if you start out prepping cars, and move up the ladder. You would be amazed at what these tecnicians and service managers earn, but stick with the high end dealerships: Mercedes, BMW, etc.

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but that is a very good approach. Get into some field which can't be outsourced overseas, which requires skill, and which can't be flooded with underpaid labor too easily. I'm seriously considering telling my kids to skip college and go to a trade or technical school.

[BrooklynGOP]

Eliminate the middle class and Benz/BMW won't have that many customers.

[oceanview]

Not at all, I would consider doing that myself as a mid life job change if I was unable to hold/get my job in IT, but I may be too old.

I am telling the truth, an experienced automotive technician at a Mercedes dealership can easily make $75K or more.

At the NY auto show this year, Mercedes was recruiting for technicians at the show.

[narses]

Have them get an ENGINEERING degree first. If they want to do computers, tell them to get a CS AND an EE dual-major degree. Then they get to BOSS the techies and their skill set applies to all of the subsets.

[Dave S]

I'm seriously considering telling my kids to skip college and go to a trade or technical school.

To study what? More and more, you are going to find that technical products will be able to be hooked up to the internet and be diagnosed and repaired from anywhere in the world.