"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Gould 0738 wrote:


6) There is now an oversupply of college educated workers. Send your
kids to
trade school. When the toilet clogs up, nobody is going to call a
plumber from
India. :-)


Several times a year, I get asked about building trades jobs for high
school graduates. I always suggest getting into a solid union
apprenticeship program that leads to a journeyman's card in one of the
skilled trades...like plumbing or electrical. Union electricians in the
SF area are doing being than $70 an hour in the package, and have more
work than they can handle, and that will increase as California toughens
its standards for licensed tradesworkers.

If I were an electrician, plumber, or even a semi-skilled worker like a
general handyman, I'd be self-employed. Why work for someone else?