They could have made that money without college.

@Wood-Ape - OK/MN Chose it just to get the hell away from our leadership here, lol... i dont blame him either... sounds like fun work doing all the fire stuff

I've always planned to go to college but I'm not sure now, especially since I'm close to going.. I kinda wanna go for the experience but idk

@Jacob Sort of like Survivor's bias in a way

Yes, exactly that

I know online classes would work though also band be cheaper but it's not thte same

Idk, I think if you have a plan and an actual passion, college works well. Also depending on where you live.

@Felix if you do something like wind turbine tech you can make good money with minimal cost.

That's interesting 🤔

Underwater welding is 6figure too.

It's survivorship bias, because the dumbasses just drop out. So, ya, obviously the ones that are left are gonna make big money, because they're big brain nibbas.

I'm a decent welder

Wind is a good bet. Solar is more dependent on rare minerals and therefore likely to fluctuate

I live in a place where school is incredibly cheap. You can get a degree from a 2 yr Uni for very cheap and instantly transferred to the nearby State school that is also very cheap and many times grt students hired straight out of graduation

There are schools for underwater welding @Felix In Tampa I think.

Solar install is like a yob that beans can undercut.

I've thought about solar power area or being a linemen

Wind turbine takes ballz

Lineman is excellent money.

I bet man..

And honestly, even if college *did* cause you to make more money, would it be worth it? Increases in income make a much bigger difference at lower starting incomes. Is it really worth living in poverty for 4 years just so you can make $70,000 instead of $60,000?

@Wotan Klan-GA I have a straight white male rural guy for HR now, its so much nicer to have after the gay boomer followed by the trans rights activist

I kinda want a job where I'm not coupped up in a office..

same

I probably shouldn't have chosen computer science

@Jacob NO

The more dangerous, the more money.

@Jacob depends on your debt load

CS is the most lucrative thing ever

@Jacob I did the exact same thing

I wish I had done ANY CS in school

underwater welding is dangerous as all hell

or just be non white and get in on "diversity" @ThisIsChris

@Felix If you do go, maybe do community college first and get an AA. Its easy to transfer and way cheaper.

in current year...

I dropped out to go into IT/devops. Im in charge of my entire dept at a small company rn making more than I would have made after going into physics research in either public or private sector

"Learn to code." we need a Dune style ban on A.I. non negotiable.

idk I don't have a lot of confidence in money making me much happier

Without a college degree or experience (besides a training course) my company hires fresh new programmers at 71k

For every Tay you're going to get thirty Zuckerbergs

@Jacob Money won't make you happy, I can attest to this personally.