Or education could be free. Just a thought.
Financially rewarding and you will always have a job
Submitted 3 months ago by Mickey7@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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FelixCress@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
free? people should be paid to get an education
Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Not sure if it’s still a thing but I knew a girl from Norway who basically went to college from age 18-30 getting like four different degrees because as long as she remained in higher education, the government would keep paying for her education + living expenses.
Not sure if that was the original intent but it sure does result in a highly educated populace.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
Students benefits are pretty much that where I live
BreadOven@lemmy.world 3 months ago
From where I am anyways. You do get paid for grad school. You have to TA various things, but you get paid.
theUwUhugger@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It is in first world countries, if we define first world as western europeam cuntries
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
Probably a lot of missing context with this one
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 3 months ago
He did the plumbing for the brother’s place.
Set up the toilet to pipe to the kitchen sink. “eat shit” as they say.
shrug
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Give it 5 years and every college age person being funneled into the trades, then they will be oversaturated again and we will go back to overpacking STEM
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 months ago
My wife graduated law school in 2010, Summa Cum Laude, and just barely got a job at a low rent firm.
Five years later, she’s earning twice the money at a much nicer place for not much more work, because the glut of students from '08-'10 caused grads in '11-'14 to look elsewhere. Suddenly there was a huge supply gap and you could write your own ticket.
Moral of the Story: Get good at something and stick with it. Markets go up, markets go down, but skills pay the bills in the end.
stoly@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It’s almost as if the real problem is opportunity. Hmm.
astutemural@midwest.social 3 months ago
We need jobs programs
burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 3 months ago
anti intellectual propaganda
notarobot@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Oh. I hadn’t read it like that. I thought the brother was a hypocrite because if he has a PhD he SHOULD be able to pay his debts and get a hose (I’m not from the us so I’m guessing that part) but I stead seems to not ba able to manage his own money while criticizing OP
StellarExtract@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
College graduates (PhD or otherwise) drowning in debt and not being financially able to pay it off is common enough here in the US that it’s a trope, and likely the basis for this “joke”.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Oh no PhDs here are like the worst financial choice.
rabber@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
I became a homeowner recently and a bunch of people I know just reacted with absolute jealousy and negativity. People suck
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
I mean, depending on the context, you might absolutely be the asshole
Dogyote@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
People typically get paid to earn a PhD, so this person’s debt likely came from elsewhere, unless they grossly overpaid for their undergraduate education.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 months ago
thats probably it, undergrad in a expensive college is way more likely., or if hes did a MS as well, which is tuition only as well.
AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Don’t forget that loans are probably deferred through the PhD, so that’s like 4+ years of accumulated interest on top.
Dogyote@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
If they’re proper student loans then interest doesn’t accumulate while you’re a student.
DmMacniel@feddit.org 3 months ago
Ph.D. in what?
jjmoldy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Pretty huge dick
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
PH.Deez nuts
burgerchurgarr@lemmus.org 3 months ago
I haven’t been to 9gag in forever, not sure if this is a really bad meme or a great shitpost
Ethalis@jlai.lu 3 months ago
Pretty sure that didn’t happen
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
Nothing unbelievable about it imo
Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I have a lot of respect for the people that do it but I couldn’t. I have two left hands and am fairly skittish when it comes to human excrement.
Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Then it sounds like HVAC/Refrigeration it the trade for you. It’s kind of funny because we tend to get all the people who dropped other trades for various reasons. I work with ex plumbers who didn’t want to deal with shit, I work with journeyman electricians who didn’t want to spend 8 years becomming a master electrician, I work with ex building automation guys who got tired of trying to automate busted equipment. A lot of my coworkers started in other trades, went “This fucking sucks” and switched to HVAC-R.
CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
It’s not all just poopoo peepee stuff. A lot of plumbers do mechanical work in commercial buildings, boiler retrofits, repiping, construction. I’m in commercial HVAC and work with a bunch of plumbers whose skills and scope of work have great overlap with mine. We offer similar services, subcontracting each other to our own customers, just they do more of the gas fired work and fix leaks in heating loops and I do the AC/Refrigeration stuff
otacon239@lemmy.world 3 months ago
There’s other hand-craft trades that don’t involve sewage. If you get into the commercial space, there’s a good chance you’d deal with it a lot less if at all since they would need a specialist for biohazards.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
Plumbing isn’t exactly rocket science. And with some infra companies you don’t have to deal with any nasty parts.
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Depends on what level you’re at. I had a friend help us install a new septic system. Holy shit was there a lot more to it than I ever guessed. Had no idea surveying gear was required.
At a higher level, same guy drafts plans for military bases and hospitals. Then he goes in the field to troubleshoot issues. Plumbing includes gas if applicable!
Most of us are familiar with, if not doing the work, the principles behind fixing a leak, replacing a sink or toilet, etc. I can do all of the above, but I don’t know the fine points in doing it right. There’s far more to residential plumbing than most see.
neomachino@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Out of the 8 cousins in my family the 2 of us that didn’t go to college are the only ones who own a house. I didn’t finish 10th grade and I’m looking at buying my second house and trying to figure out how to keep my current one to give to my mom.
My cousins are pretty cool (aside from a couple who are very spiteful) but my aunts and uncles act like I scammed them all for everything they had.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Too many people don’t understand supply and demand. Trades people are always in demand. Just another guy with some joke college degree is not.
dwindling7373@feddit.it 3 months ago
So why are they not helping their brother?
MisterOwl@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Their brother is a grown-ass man and should be helping himself.
dwindling7373@feddit.it 3 months ago
He should pull himself up by the bootstraps to proove his manly manliness?
I love how we all agree on the general problem of capitalism but God forbid we apply it in our daily life.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
You mean pay off the other brother’s loan or what?
Asswardbackaddict@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Your personality didn’t wortk out, but mine did? Oh, how my dominance displays! I have no justification for my existence!
Fontasia@feddit.nl 3 months ago
hOrni@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The boomer energy is strong with this one.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 months ago
“I graduated high school, got a good job at the Mill, married my high school sweetheart, had five kids, bought a second house with a boat, retired at 60, and went insane reading Facebook memes, and decided to shoot up the Harvest Music Festival in 2017. Why can’t you young people do that?”
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
If they were boomers then the phd one should’ve paid off more of that student debt
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
The Boomer term has shifted to being about state of mind.
This started after “ok, boomer” caused all these people to out themselves.