> trades it's not all it's cracked up to be maybe if trump deports a few million people it'll get a little better here are some top trade tips > the more the trade uses your brain, the better it pays and the less chance of injury > take care of yourself physically > aim to be self-employed asap and the number one tip: aim to move on to something else before you get too old. here are the best options: > invest your earnings so that you're rich before your knees break > grow your business until you are purely managerial > specialise within your trade until you can totally avoid grunt work, e.g. plumber --> acoustic leak detection - but there may not be enough work in your town > get a degree and a white-collar job op is young enough to get a trade still, and can use it to pay off his student loans - assuming there's enough construction work in his town, and not enough mexicans or asians to undercut him - but in the long-run a white collar job is still going to pay better, and he already has the qualification for that. plus, if he goes from white-collar qual to blue-collar job, then white-collar recruiters will think there's something wrong with him. good luck
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