Gen Zers skip college in favor of jobs that AI can't take

Lincoln Tech CEO Scott Shaw explains why more young workers are seeking trade jobs on 'Varney & Co.' #foxbusiness #varney
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[@nicoleweewoo123]

Good. Say no to college debt.

[@Navagenetics]

For now… we need trump in office

[@penitenttangent7346]

And we need hard working ones, not these Gen Z Iazy as f TikTokers and IG.

[@denisewalters1088]

Amen

[@homiej8163]

Or leave the country. I’m finishing my school in Germany, and for everything, it’s costing me $8,000 a year

[@Green7JR]

Uber Eats, UberX, and Starbucks cover 100% of ASU Online’s tuition. It’s crazy that I can deliver food for a bachelor’s degree, but I am.

[@kjwworldwide]

Imagine a family where 1 can fix electricity, 1 can fix house, 1 can fix cars, 1 can grow & cook food, 1 can sell, 1 is a healer. Sounds self sustainable to me. Who needs college.

[@USSR413]

Healer😂

[@Typex96]

Doctors go to college afaik

[@zerocal76]

Heal datass and then wax on, wax off 😛

[@DeShaunJohnson]

Man that sounds a Final Fantasy jobs system lineup 😂😂😂

[@good-tn9sr]

bro tryna turn his family into a team comp

[@kathaiti]

So glad Gen Z is learning from the mistakes of the previous generation.

[@AroraMunoz]

I'm so happy I made productive decisions about my finances that changed forever. I'm a single mother living in Vancouver Canada, bought my first house in October and hoping to retire soon if things keep going smoothly for me.

[@lukeben1596]

Everyone needs more than their salary to be financial stable. The best thing to do with your money is to invest it rightly, because money left for saving always end up used with no returns.

[@MeaganGood-yn9wp]

Who is your financial coach, do you mind hooking me?

[@MartinGorrido]

Am looking for something to venture into on a short term basis, I really need to create an alternate source of income, what do you think I should be buying?

[@AroraMunoz]

Cryptocurrency investment, but you will need a professional guide on that.

[@AroraMunoz]

Facebook 👇

[@The_One_77]

Very smart! I support that 100%. College has gotten out of hand with the tuition and with the propaganda! College is not worth it anymore.

[@Jedi12789]

It’s only worth it for certain fields. Most are NOT worth it.

[@WELVAS.]

Completely disagree. There was an oversaturation of people being pushed into college. There should be a decent share of people in both college and trade school. It makes the degrees much rewarding and valuable when obtained instead of an oversaturated amount of college degrees.

[@vaticinus]

There is no good news here. Wages have been stagnant in the US for 40+ years. More people training for fewer jobs just means lower wages to come.

[@zillyzonka999]

College is not meant for everyone. The "College for All" push was a silly move and has ruined the value of degrees, ruined the pay of degreed jobs by drastically increasing supply, skyrocketed the cost of attendence (saddling students with lifelong debt), and made employers add degree requirements where they did not previously exist (forcing people to pursue unnecessary degrees to enter a career) College isnt in decline. Its a major correction of enrollment back to where it should never have left from.

[@remc0s]

Universities had to lower the bar below zero because "diversity"

[@rcnightlife9611]

College guarantees debt but not a job.

[@wt3447]

First thing they should teach the students is honesty. So much lies in the business like auto repair, air conditioner services. Finding one honest repair service is not easy.

[@mikewurlitzer5217]

Yes and the "Professionals" in suits are pure as the driven snow. Maddof, SBF, all of wall street, Blackrock, Vanguard, State Street, etc. In FACT I can make a sound case that investment firms are directly responsible for the DEATHS of 350+ people who died in Boeing 737 MAX 9 crashes, by ignoring the engineers and not spending the money to train 737 pilots on the handling characteristics of the 737 MAX 9. Instead the bean counters forced a very poor hardware/software solution to trick the pilots into thinking that plane handled like what they had been trained on.

[@youtubeaccount1718]

@@mikewurlitzer5217 professionals are honest and upfront. Auto repair are defensive and scammers from experience. I don't mind what the price is much just dont lie to me

[@Star-um9cz]

True. We need more honesty in this world.

[@SpecialKel66]

Integrity begins at home. If parents are teaching their kids its ok to lie and cheat, no school is going to change their character.

[@DETJayy]

I was thinking this a week ago. Integrity is non existent these days you can’t even trust business to do right by you no more for the simplest things.

[@curlyandstrong6798]

We need more trade schools! Trade workers should get paid more than an office worker. It's much more physical, and it's always needed.

[@smileychess]

As an office worker, I wholeheartedly agree that most of us are completely useless. What I do only matters because I'm nice to my customers. But what we do and sell means absolutely nothing to society.

[@yoel8543]

trade workers get paid less because it's not hard, it takes 2 years to learn it

[@girlwithnoniche7852]

@@yoel8543office work is not hard. Some trade jobs are strenuous and dangerous. I can do my office in 2 hours. But I’m forced to sit in that for 8 year so my boss can baby sit a staff. I do mean baby sit. I can work from home and a go in the office 5x a month. They gotta justify payroll with someone in a chair.

[@KingFidely]

@@yoel8543Well most bachelor’s programs in universities would take only 2 years to do as well if universities didn’t make it a requirement for their students to take general ed courses.

[@shaunmc013]

Here’s what’s going to happen… everybody is going to start applying to trade school, the tuition is going to get jacked up, and the employment opportunities is going to dwindle.

[@Rene-cn4jc]

More than this, we will leave the job market open for foreign professionals to take over higher positions that require a degree. This is not a great thing. I think vocational school is awesome, as I went to a vocational school which allowed me to to work in a specific area and earn money so that I could go further. I’m afraid the US is setting things up so that we ultimately will not succeed.

[@shaunmc013]

@@Rene-cn4jc oh my god! You are a god send!!! I’ve been that exact same thing on other channels. International are already taking over Managerial positions in government and the private sector. We’re setting ourselves up to be service oriented workers, meaning no more food trucks, taco stands, 7 Eleven’s, Thai and Chinese Food Restaurants for the International population. They’re now going take over the C-Suites, working side by side with the descendants of the former plantation owning elites. Then that’s going to be a problem. The best thing people can do is starting studying business and finance oriented curriculum, skip the Masters and start focusing on licensing and certifications instead. That’s how you will flood the job market.

[@Dave-qi3ft]

Nah, won't happen. People will still chase credentialization overload and continue to drive down wages for professional occupations as they have done for 20 years. This is just an infomercial paid by the school. The trades will continue to do better than professionals.

[@shaunmc013]

@@Dave-qi3ft what do you think is happening in the trades???! You get credentialed when you go in the trades. Since when did trades cost $20,000 to $30,000???!!!

[@Dave-qi3ft]

@@shaunmc013 I don't know what your point is.

[@terywetherlow7970]

Used to learn on the job.... Now these middle men take the $$$$.

[@economicdevelopmentplannin8715]

14k😢

[@gabeishere4990]

It sucks, but some companies/unions will accept an apprentice with no trade school. I know a few guys who did that.

[@vinnyheaphy1372]

Excellent report! I did both College & Trade school!! I learned NOTHING in College worthwhile, but I am still using what I learned in the Trade School I went to in the late 1970's!!!

[@ValenciaRose.]

What was your major in college and what trade did you learn?

[@RadialPen6262]

What AI can't replace. Undocumented workers who do it for half as much money will 😂

[@mp737-jh7qb]

Good luck with the quality of their work.

[@redfolgers2233]

@@mp737-jh7qb you think a gen z they/them rainbow is gonna lay pipes better and work longer than a mexican man with a family of 8? lol get real buddy

[@damian9303]

@@mp737-jh7qbThey’re mostly working logistics unless you’re living down south, and every high school kid I knew that didn’t work in fast food (which already has self-serve kiosks) ended up working some form of retail or factory job.

[@Zeus-ik5gn]

Congratulations…you get it.

[@YayaYoyo-py9gh]

​@@mp737-jh7qbyou only say that to make yourself feel better. But the truth is in half of trade jobs are being taken by immigrants and they accept less pay with decent work. It's practically rampant

[@jfish4460]

Trade schools are a lot better than College.

[@BobaFett12357]

Stupid conclusion. We need a well rounded economy, with trade school professionals as well as people like doctors, engineers, and actuaries.

[@Aeom_333]

This is definitely a cope. College level education is much more valuable to an evolving society, not that trades aren’t valuable.

[@dustywilson5461]

I once studied welding at a vocational/tech school. 2017/2018. Thats when it had started to get real popular. Kids were flooding into the welding field like crazy and suddenly employers had a large surplus of applicants, thus leverage. One thing led to another, employers reduced their wage offerings to $15/hr. So i left welding.

[@izzuddinmnasir4884]

When it comes to money, anything will be flooded

[@Boviathan]

The best skill for an American these days is hobo survival skills

[@keithleeuwen877]

:(

[@federalistpapers4523]

In Biden's America, absolutely.

[@Boviathan]

@@federalistpapers4523 it’s over the Ed is Zed

[@Boviathan]

@@keithleeuwen877 try not to get addicted to fake drugs

[@opencase9903]

@@federalistpapers4523homelessness was horrible prior to Biden you 🤡 I agree that Biden sucks but be objective

[@brendaflournoy4826]

While watching what is going on at these colleges. I don't blame anyone for skipping college.

[@Cryptosifu]

Finally, maybe there is a chance for Gen Z

[@winstonturnage2900]

I go to Los Angeles trade tech I completely agree with him, I just wish we didn’t have all the protests

[@bryanspayde5681]

In 1983. I paid 1500 bucks for trade school.. it got me 15 bucks an hour when minimum wage was 3.35. An hour and at the end I was making 250k a year on a 1500. Buck investment!!

[@magic_fruit_bat5003]

What trade did you get into?

[@bryanspayde5681]

@@magic_fruit_bat5003 design and engineering. On fiber light.. I can bend it send it back on it self !

[@bryanspayde5681]

@@magic_fruit_bat5003 it was a time there was no college doing training in the industry!

[@Jedi12789]

Outstanding 👏

[@Sarah-uj4hv]

oh man boomers had it so easy

[@bsr6823]

Smart move. Don’t waste your time with a BS college degree. It’s useless.

[@romannavarro1178]

It true I was going to a interview for pest control and the interviewer dude ask me why haven’t I got a business job if I have a degree in that it been hard I apply to like 100 of jobs no luck that what I told him I think it be better if I didn’t put that waste of time degree in my resume

[@Navagenetics]

Pfft for the ones who don’t care…

[@user-rl7mt4gh3o]

i never went to college or university after high school it’s just not me

[@Jedi12789]

Only stem. But you should be able to get a job with your business degree. I never said it would initially pay good.

[@romannavarro1178]

@@Jedi12789 I can’t I’m trying

[@katiecovello4546]

I’ve advocated for technical schools more than I do college. Too many useless degrees . Technical school is even quicker and more affordable.

[@LowHang-nFruits]

People are finally awake! Enough is enough!

[@NSXavier997]

Just an FYI sometimes you don’t even need to go to a vocational school to become a professional tradesman. You can obtain a lot of your certifications simply by becoming an apprentice, then journeyman, and then once you’re competent enough to take the tests & pass them, you’ll be on your own. This is exactly what I did in automotive. The dealership I work for paid for me to go to Honda School while I worked for them and I achieved Master Tech in about 3 years. Now I own a home, have no debt other than a mortgage, and have a 911 Turbo.

[@Avsfan23]

screw blue collar jobs. I finished my bachelors and I'm debt free. I absolutely hate doing blue collar jobs which I had to do a lot of to pay my way through college.

[@KSWKREW]

Nothing wrong with starting in a blue collar position and then going through college for the higher education. I think that’s the better option these days , especially for people who don’t necessarily know what they want to do straight out of high school.

[@Tpeaks]

​@@KSWKREWreally sound advice for anyone starting out

[@izzuddinmnasir4884]

​​@@KSWKREW i was white color jobs switching blue color jobs. I can tell blue color jobs are boring & repetetive & shitty pay. I missed my only skilled jobs 6 years ago

[@nhmooytis7058]

The people who do this are smart. My landlady has 3 sons, 20, 22 and 24. Youngest is training as a carpenter, middle is in the Coast Guard and has already bought a house, oldest graduated from a state college then trained as a fireman, and is engaged. Nice young men, very responsible.

[@keithleeuwen877]

Theft of Service Leaders in an educated opinion. I was a field service tech for Cummins Allison 852 Feehanville Drive Mount Prospect, IL 60056... They make money counting equipment however ,this is what ya deal with, half assed refurbished parts and to top it of they told me not to do the preventative maintenance anymore at customer sites just run the vacuum a little bit and wipe down the machines (make it look good). I was like "But that is gonna make the service call numbers go up and is >theft of service< WHY ? Well they wanted to keep selling new equipment every 3 years or so as the stuff would have lots of problems see ? With At Will, I was fired...SAD HUH ? Country is in TROUBLE...INVESTIGATION is needed asap folks. I thank you. BTW

[@YoPhocFays]

Strippers cant be replaced. Authentically anyway

[@MaryamofShomal]

Though Lord knows the pervert nerds have tried

[@Ohioan87]

Enjoy the STDs 😂

[@Ohioan87]

Strippers like the "virgin" Mary? 🤣

[@YoPhocFays]

@MaryamofShomal Lol, oh my god I thought you were one of those bible people quoting proverbs at first .

[@GeorgiaMade404706]

Yes they can. AI porn is real

[@leonardsmith2198]

Working with your hands will never be replaced!

[@MutedMinimalist]

Lol have you not seen Elon musk’s robot

[@leonardsmith2198]

Who builds them?

[@volcom05345]

Exactly! AI will take over clerk type jobs but the robots havent been built yet to do the physical jobs.

[@MutedMinimalist]

@@leonardsmith2198 your looking at the short term. In the long run don’t be surprised if some company mass produces functional ones.

[@kaizokud42]

Even before AI, machines already replaced humans. Of course, not all but you can see a decrease in number of workers.

[@MaryamofShomal]

Finally some GOOD news 👏🏽👏🏽

[@mikewurlitzer5217]

Engineers are not radicals as we are bound by REAL Laws of physics not the artificial BS laws which can change almost weekly. Our laws and rules can be depended upon to remain truthful no matter how we FEEL, no matter what country we are in, or if we travel to distant planets.

[@avidreader6534]

Exactly. So glad I picked engineering (software)

[@AnnMitt]

One year of trade school for $20K 😮. Does that seem outrageous?!??

[@jimyoung1011]

Not at all. Spend 20k once to learn a life skill and earn well over 40k per year. Everyone needs infrastructure repair at one time or another.

[@GeorgiaMade404706]

Trade schools used to be $500 per quarter around the early to mid 2000s averaging about 6 quarters (1.5 years) to complete. Total cost $3000! Now this guy is talking about $20-30K per year. For that cost you can go to a State University and graduate with a 4 year bachelors.

[@AnnMitt]

@@GeorgiaMade404706 my thoughts exactly. $20K for one year of trade school is outrageous 😳

[@shaunmc013]

⁠you think 40k a year is a lot of money??? lol 😅 break that down and add up all of your expenses 😅

[@shaunmc013]

@@GeorgiaMade404706exactly!!! And when everybody start applying to trade school, the price is going to get jacked up..

[@kevindowell6003]

I worked for this “school”. Their primary mission to is extract financial aid, they are for profit. High student to teacher ratios, under equipped labs and no real concern for delivering useable skills. The trades are vitally important. Community Colleges, union/company apprenticeships offer better value and higher skill development. Encourage underplayed people of any age to look at the trades, and encourage them to steer clear of for profit schools

[@annparsons9375]

THEY WILL DEFINITELY REGRET THAT DECISION ONE DAY IN THEIR LIFETIME. SADDDDDDDD

[@Jedi12789]

Regret? Why?

[@KSWKREW]

Doubt it.

[@YayaYoyo-py9gh]

With the influx of immigrants who can do most of these jobs for cheaper. I think you are correct unfortunately

[@miyoutube1067]

Do you live in a cave?

[@williammurray1341]

My youngest left college when classmates said he shouldn't have the right to vote because he is prolife. Now working on the journeyman license.

[@MrMLBson09]

What happens when they start building robots that can do these jobs? Because it's 100% possible. The question becomes is it less expensive for companies to pay for robot maintenance than paying annual salaries and benefits.

[@x4Kai]

That wont be a problem for a while

[@NiTeLightYears]

If you cant beat them join the robots

[@samwise-my4gq]

Eventually perhaps but when on a sinking ship move to the highest point, maybe UBI will have come out once everyone else is unemployed, point is you don't want to be the first.

[@sumofat4994]

We are so far from that its not even funny. Our robots can barely walk across a room they cant even hand me a bottle of water without tripping over my kids toys on the floor. BTW what happens when 200lb robot falls on someone or one of their kids due to malfunction lol. Its not even close dude.

[@MrMLBson09]

@sumofat4994 you clearly haven't seen the videos I have. They have made robots that can perform movie stunts/trapeze acrobatics. They have also made robots that can shoot guns with deadly accuracy. So, they can absolutely create terminator scenarios. Do more research... dude

[@computer-training-for-seniors]

Any reputable financial advisor will tell you to avoid debt at any cost.

[@markwade272]

Learning a trade will cost less, and the graduates can earn a lot more than those who have gone to college, I did trade school in two years was a HVAC technician, and was earning one, and a half times more than my cousin who went to college, and got a business degree!

[@Jedi12789]

It’s a good field. And once you learn it you can just service and replace units. You can choose not to mess with duct work if you don’t want to.

[@rlans002]

It depends. If you go to college for engineering like what I’m doing, you’ll make more than any trades job.

[@KgYoc-un4go]

Instead of using 80 percent mental energy like engineer, you are using 45 mental, 45 physical (varies a bit depending on trade) but it equates to more wasted energy and lower pay.

[@user-gu2ql1lj5z]

@@rlans002 I agree. I worked at a shop that more or less worked like a union. Level 1 engineers get paid more on paper than level 1 machinists. But with over time level 1 machinist get paid more. However, top tier engineers get paid such a good salary that the top tier machinist falls behind even with all the overtime. Though this shouldn't be the case. I know engineers who started as machinists. They never said machining is harder than engineering, but technical skill to pay load, engineer is better.

[@KgYoc-un4go]

And more details?

[@magic_fruit_bat5003]

This is great but they should speak about all the injuries too.

[@mikewurlitzer5217]

How about the thousands more who can have their lives, businesses ruined by the "Professionals" in Wall Street?

[@zephyrr108]

Problem is we grew up in a society that takes. And takesm

[@amandabecker8493]

Smart !! Everybody can work a computer.. Trades will solve it!!

[@ha-kh7ef]

nooo that means the trades value will go down and we’ll be paid less

[@GeorgiaMade404706]

Propaganda. Stay in school kids

[@jar6595]

Lol, until trade schools start getting expensive.

[@federalistpapers4523]

I'm Gen Z. I avoided college debt by taking AP classes and getting scholarships. I have a law degree, and zero college debt.

[@user-rl7mt4gh3o]

im millennial i never went to a university ether i have autism & i never took hard classes in high school

[@Dakid015]

That's great for you. Really. You must be a smart cookie. That's also an advantage

[@suvch5842]

@federalistpapers4523 bro if you are a man never get married you will be way happier

[@NiTeLightYears]

Interesting, I’ll be doing that also. Thanks!

[@Sarah-uj4hv]

AP classes are truly a godsend if you take them seriously. You will have college credits and state schools will be begging you to attend with plenty of scholarship opportunities. Thanks to those AP classes, I was able to graduate a year early with an engineering degree and no debt. Do your research kids

[@bernardbuonocore6927]

I went to Beauty School in 1991. It cost a total of $10,000.00. I also went to Barber School.

[@MapleJokerRofl]

The trades is nice, if you just want to be an employee and are following the comfortable path. Comfortable path being.. .you are just assigned a set of tasks of responsibilities for you to accomplish and that's it. You're stuck at that level, you become better at it sure.. but that's it for you. Owning a business in Trade is a whole other thing. The only issue with Trades is the toll it will take on your body and how easier it is to lose a job due to injuries than market. While people with degrees choosing the employee route, can also lose their jobs to the market more easily than a Trade. The degree person can still work if they brake/lose a leg or arm. or any other physically damaging scenario. Because they are paid to use their brain, mostly. Meanwhile the Trades, you are paid for your physical body mainly, rather than to think. You already have the knowledge from experience. However, the person in corporate can still function since their job is not that physically demanding. 1 accident is all it takes, for you to have no income at all.

[@fabledreamor]

College is just like high school but you have to pay.

[@DanielPennybaker]

College isn’t bad if you major in something with good career outlook. We have too many psychology majors.

[@youtubesucks1499]

Trades are the pathway to wealth. I started as a green helper, became an electrician's apprentice, a Journeyman and a contractor on my way to becoming a developer. It takes time. Sky is the limit.

[@echochamber4420]

I pay welders average $4000 a week. Learn a trade folks!!!

[@magic_fruit_bat5003]

That’s the trade I want to get into.

[@bigsarge8795]

I'm a retired diesel mechanic. I was earning $ 35 / hour at my last job.

[@republicunited2183]

My son will be a HS senior, his elective is welding at a local community college. This is where he's headed.

[@ChanaReich]

It's never to late to learn !¡!!!!!

[@TSG-td3jr]

what kind of welder? at what company? and what are the working hours, 9-5? or shift? How long does it take to earn 4000 a week? Iˋm from Norway and want to know how to get this as a job

[@katrinastubbs1279]

SMART MOVE.. I wish I did this. 4 year college was not worth it for me. Unless you are getting a degree as a lawyer, doctor or specialist scientist

[@mikewurlitzer5217]

And look at how "Professionals" are now perceived. America's most dishonest and despicable professionals are, Lawyers, Lawyer/Politicians, Lawyer/Judges". Doctors have colluded with Big Pharma and the WHO and WEF. Seems there are no real ETHICS courses in colleges/universities. It is so bad, that even at the level of the US Supreme Court, every American has to be concerned who occupies the WH and who holds the Majority in the Senate when an appointment is made. If these were people of good character, 100% loyal to OUR Constitution, it should not matter one iota who was in power at the time.

[@hoonhwang4778]

Most news worthy! 🎉🎉🎉 from Dem. Understand LincolnTech has special program for low incomer, wish they could expand it further These could be silver bullet for our young generation.

[@bearowen5480]

Knowing what I know now 60 years later, I wonder if I would have taken a hard look at a good trade school at the time I started college in 1963. I wanted to be a fighter pilot and serve my country in Vietnam. At the time one had to have a four year college degree to get a commission in the service, and a commission in order to go to pilot training. So I majored in Radio and Television Communications, arguably a trade school curiculum, and had a brief stint as a broadcaster at a major market AM and FM radio station before being commissioned in the Marines and becoming a career military and commercial airline pilot. My college major could have been in a trade school. If the military had recognized such training as equivalent to a four year degree, I might have taken that route. Unfortunately, the military still requires a four year degree to become an officer today. It doesnt take a degree in aerospace engineering to become a competent fighter pilot or serve in another officer specialty. I wonder why the US military still has this educational bias?

[@chriztianhusher8401]

Going to college is bs. I learned way more overseas than my 4 years of college

[@amtrakfan5511]

Wow. Can't believe I became a doctor in 1 yrs.

[@trevormartinaharris]

My son is Gen Zier and in college now, but I sent him this video. Hopefully he’ll like it and changes his mind and get a trade.

[@Jedi12789]

It’s only worth stem, healthcare, and certain business degrees. Honestly the trade will pay more or a construction management degree than the business degree with better opportunities in the long term. Just my opinion.

[@illx2367]

Risk vs reward, you risk losing time and no reward.

[@MasterNcognito]

Sales. Sales isn’t going to dominate that field anytime soon.

[@ThuggyMacho]

Gen Z may be annoying and delusional but they’re smart.

[@Browardcarpetcare]

I install floors and clean floors making money hand over fist. Only issue is no competent help

[@viky2002]

Wait until robotics are catchingup

[@vectoralphaAI]

lol. The trades are not AI safe. Eventually AI will replace trade jobs as well.

[@vvert1506]

this place isn't worth your mind. half the commenters are bots and the other half are senior care citizens. be free from here.

[@justinpedro5560]

I appreciate all of you!

[@mls3315]

Voting for President Trump NO MATTER WHAT!! 🙏❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@tappcs]

Is this English?

[@loganq]

@@tappcs You sound vaccinated.

[@tappcs]

@@loganq See, now that comment makes grammatical sense. Short and to the point.

[@goddessofthecosmos]

Smart generation

[@priscilladuarte6324]

I got my BSN degree for free. I only have 2yrs experience and I’m a Director of nursing and I make 140k annually plus bonus and good Benefits. Employee paid healthcare insurance etc.

[@vikingguy2434]

That's great! But I know you can't fix anything serious with plumbing or electric stuff, show up fee $225 to diagnose the problem then a $100 an hour for an experienced journeyman an their time. And to be honest your job is not important Not like it actually can do anything to fix things lol.

[@bobbytatum84]

That's what my daughter is going to school after high school. I'm a 100% disable veteran, so she'll go for free.

[@YayaYoyo-py9gh]

What's a BSN?

[@Sarah-uj4hv]

@@vikingguy2434 you're so sad trying to diminish someone else's accomplishments. nursing is incredibly important. also, who the hell cares about those plumbing fees lol? they are nothing for someone with a high salary

[@vikingguy2434]

@@Sarah-uj4hv not sad just facts, really you need a “Director” position, this world created to make people fell special nor contribute to nothing….. Now if she stated she was a nurse or a MD then different statement. Pointless degree to baby sit grown people that can manage their self.

[@vivianaknight3750]

Good. Finally they are waking up…

[@twyiatv]

I got a trade & a masters degree. Golden. I just manage my peers.

[@YayaYoyo-py9gh]

Sheesh!! Ambition much?

[@user-mi4wd8rg9t]

I went right to the bottom of the steel and piping industry and learned every department by doing the job. I only have a high school certificate. I have a fabrication company now days and il hire an engineer if their expertise is required. You need the qualifications to be able to sign off a design, I’ve watched average joes design things that the engineer had a look at, was happy with all the calcs etc and he signed it into existence. You dont need to be an engineer to run the business that hires engineers

[@shawnkalin9337]

Essential workers are the key.

[@craigtaylor8431]

I’m considering stop putting money towards my daughters college with all this wokeness and other craziness in College Why send her

[@Ohioan87]

I'd try paying for yourself to take some English classes. 😂

[@craigtaylor8431]

@@Ohioan87 You totally missed the point that school and university is useless. A intelligent person would read past the misprint I used my voice speaker it made the mistakes not me. Nevertheless a dyslexic person wouldn’t know the difference and intelligent people Would read past the spelling mistakes. people who liked the comment read right through that spelling . I pray for you to be awake and not woke

[@republicunited2183]

Or send her to a conservative college.

[@beanbon666]

She's already getting f*cked by 3 dudes in college.

[@robertsantiago953]

Just take her on a one week vacation to Cuba before college and nobody can ever convince her into socialism . Money well spent for life

[@justSTUMBLEDupon]

For most there is no reason to go to college. Jobs used to pay for the degrees through better pay, but pay scales have not kept up with the costs of college.

[@egemen261]

Only a handful of diverse, hard-to-replicate, physical labor-required jobs will not be automated shortly. However, these are the sort of jobs even most blue-collar workers truly hate and want to possibly avoid. Only dangerous and low-paying jobs will not be able to be replaced so it's actually not that much of a smart move ditching the college altogether. Essentially, ALL jobs are in danger, whether these are white-collar or blue-collar. A year ago people were listing off the jobs which could not be possibly replaced by the AI now seeing that some of them are already replaced for good. I think plain village life will be mandatory for most people as the financial system is going to radically change or totally collapse which will lead people to find alternative ways that don't include being a part of the system. People will be forced to learn survival skills in the nature.

[@joanneruss7721]

Amen 🙏🏻👍🤗

[@drunksadlifter4645]

We’re literally in a south park episode at this point.

[@carultch]

This is why the Goobacks had to travel back in time to the 90's to find employment.

[@heathertuttle9985]

I don't think it's AI preventing them from going to college. It's probably the 30k per year tuition!!!

[@ssehe2007]

Don’t get injured.

[@dazzlenovak7519]

Trades can be brutal on the body. I can't do trades anymore, sadly. I want to pivot into white collar work but the tech layoffs are insane, too many H1B hires, and most other business services will be automated.

[@user-rn9co7jc4t]

Great quick chat 🔥

[@zb2747]

Trades will always be around and farming. Even white collar jobs today can be learned through self study IMO everything can be learned through books and via hands on learning This is the way and the future. College straight out of highschool will be last on the list soon The world is open and FREE

[@zeke5491]

Learn to work on robots😂

[@cwil3598]

Students graduate from trade school with debt?? That shouldn't be the case. These programs cost around $2k total, but colleges are now turning HVAC and other trades into "associate degrees" to squeeze more money out of customers. My bad. I meant students.

[@KSWKREW]

I got two associates degree from a community college, one of which was in hvac, and I paid just over 1000$ for both when all was said and done .

[@elite4916]

Forget about the debt Just say no to college waste of money

[@ASmith-vl2km]

AI humanoids can potentially take any job.

[@westcoastkidd17]

University is theoretically still beneficial for the highly motivated student, but the problem is that most students are at University to socialize and party. So, they end up with meaningless degrees with empty promises of attractive job offers and a huge student debt that they hope will be forgiven one day.

[@djrickyb]

If my son doesnt know what he wants my wife and I plan to push him towards trade school. He is already good at fixing things, and he is into hobby RC and puts these RC cars together very well

[@shaunmc013]

$20 to $30,000??? I thought it was free?!!! I got a Bachelors for free! No student no loans - studied my a** off and got scholarships, grants, financial aid.. put the work in, stay away from those loans, and study hard no matter how long it takes..

[@richcollins4208]

Its only a matter of time before Ai gets regulated by the government.

[@user-jf6pz5jx8g]

I have been advising young people to skip college and go to a trade school for the past 10 years, it is amazing it has taken these young people this long to catch on to this ides. But it is great to see, in today's educational system you have to have a Masters or Doctorate degree in order to make good money, but educational schools can teach you a wide range of skills like an Electrician or a Carpenter, Plumber just to name a few. I have a BA in Clinical psychology & Business Admin, but in addition I have a universal refrigeration lisc. & Unlimited boilers lisc. & Certified Facilities manager & about 10 FEMA Certificates just to name a few. This all started with earning my two degrees in 1979, I am 67 mow home and car paid off living comfortably

[@gshepherd6141]

Well school is pretty hard.

[@philipfan]

Right choice!

[@TellBatsSupesIsComing]

The thing about college is you have to actually apply yourself, actually read and what you learn retain you must then re apply it after you graduate. Most people don’t do that, and have too much pride to tell you that’s why school didn’t manifest any results. Vocational education is good as well, nothing wrong with it. But if you go to college and do it the right way you can be successful.

[@thundercatt5265]

That's what I mean by handing off the future to the future and let them control their own path to success that's what everybody needs focused on they want change on so many level and y'all ain't even listening

[@jacobcrosby101]

What about all the robots 🤖 that are rolling out? It’s just a matter of time you see one working at your home.

[@philipjohn1338]

Colleges are shockingly expensive its unreal.

[@HE360_Games]

Yeah, come and be a bus driver. A.I. won't be taking my job anytime soon and there's only so much that A.I. could do!

[@MutedMinimalist]

Yeah but what will your not considering the possibility that schools may move to virtual learning

[@Aeom_333]

@@MutedMinimalist Then he can be a bus driver for senior citizens

[@jurassicthunder]

Elon Musk would disagree

[@snelltrell9486]

Yet.

[@catherinebourdon8258]

YES! I have argued in favor of vocational training for young adults. This is GREAT for the economy, upwards socioeconomic mobility, mental health, strong families and reducing crime. It's head-scratching to hear professors tear this idea apart. But then again, they tend to lean on theory and preferred ideology, while engineers and skilled workers are involved in facts of every day real life.

[@calledout4437]

Don’t kid yourself the robots will take their jobs too. Sooner than you think.