Trades

>>1729178
working as an employee is below average.
working self-employed people tend to make $50k-$100k.
Employing others people tend to make $100k and up.

at the point where you're employing others you're not really working in a trade anymore though. By then you're running a business which takes an entirely different skill set.

>>1729178
refrigeration guys can make 6 figures in some situations, but you have to put in time.

I worked for a company that supplied literally everything after a while. pants boots vehicle fuel phone really everything

the more the trade pays the more risky the work is. I did a 4 year apprenticeship and my trade is like all dependant on mining and construction and that went to shit as soon as i finished. 4 years later here i am still living at home and havent had a fulltime job since, everyone only hires you as a casual now so they can fuck you off as soon as work disappears.

People always need to drive so become a mechanic, its easy to branch out into shit like hydraulics as well and if hydraulics ever goes to shit you can go back to fixing cars.

Dont become a boilermaker like I did. anyone can weld

>>1729178

trades are a meme

>>1729206
and this

>>1729206
So everything is a meme now?

>>1729205
Damn anon thats 4 years wasted...I wanted to become an electrician but Im afraid of wasting 5 years

>>1729197
What are you doing now? Did you like the trade?

>>1729208

no, but trades are

>>1729238
Do stem is a meme. College is a meme. Trades are a meme. Anything else?

>>1729244
STEM job market is saturated, but college is good if you get something relevant at a prestigious school. Trades can get you anything from ~40k to 100+ i would imagine.

>>1729246
trades are saturated too.
only reason price doesn't drop is they're needed everywhere and also tradesmen engage in legal price-fixing.

>>1729248
If trades are a meme and college is a meme then my only option would be nursing right now...

>>1729205
Auto mechanics are a dime a dozen, its not a good paying trade. Supply and demand, ect. Industrial, heavy diesel or specialized mechanics do better.

Welding is always in demand and pays well. It won't likely be phased out soon because make to order is where western firms excel.

Electricians do okay but very cyclical in regards to the construction industry.

CNC programmer is huge.

Sometimes learning like half a dozen different trades opens high paying generalist jobs like power plant operator. Small businesses would rather hire 2 guys that can do 6 things then 12 different specialists.

I always wanted to be that guy at the port that operates the crane and pulls 6 figures to offload shipping containers 6 hours a day. Probably have to suck a thousand dicks to get a job like that though.

>>1729244

Not really, everything is saturated as fuck right now.

>>1729244
What isn't a meme?
Trading? Entrepreneurship? I don't want to be working a 30k a year job and I don't want to be poor.

>>1729280
The entrepreneurs that usually succeed work in trades.

that's one reason wages for trades look so attractive, it's including self-employed people making 6 figures and more.

contracting in trades is one of the easiest businesses to run, and it's a pretty common way to make a few million bucks and that early retirement. You're still going to wind up spending on average 30 years working in your chosen trade and growing your business before you get rich off it though. And even then you can't be a moron. Morons don't usually get rich, even in trades contracting.