Arcticdude
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In my experience in managing companies with many thousands of employees, people with college degrees are dime a dozen. Seems like everyone has a 4 year degree in pushing buttons on a computer. Hiring tradesmen was a lot more difficult. I always recommend to young people to go to trade school and learn a skill. Thanks to the school system pushing computer careers or soft jobs, over the last 30 years there is now an enormous shortage of skilled workers. Welding, fabrication, pipe fitting, mechanics, equipment operators, truck driver, etc are in high demand, plus the pay is very good. Any of these trades are much more rewarding than sitting on your asre all day looking at a computer screen.
There are also overseas jobs and oil field jobs that are rotational. My wife and I worked for many years where we got 6 months vacation every year, and still made far more money than a local job. I never could understand why anyone would work 50 weeks out of the year and only get 2 weeks vacation when there are other option available.
There are also overseas jobs and oil field jobs that are rotational. My wife and I worked for many years where we got 6 months vacation every year, and still made far more money than a local job. I never could understand why anyone would work 50 weeks out of the year and only get 2 weeks vacation when there are other option available.
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