They couldn't have become psychologists/psychiatrists?
lol. not those guys.
My group of friends were smart guys. But all ended up in blue collar. Cops, fireman, liquor warehouse manager (makes a bundle) mechanic, sanitation. Two were accountants (the two Irish guys :)
Italian Americans (like me) on Staten Island do a lot of blue collar work and make very good money.
But all of my friends want their children to go to college.