No money's to be had

[dukealien]

People thinking becoming a tradesman is easy but it takes just as long as getting a masters degree at a university.

Is just cheaper.


The real issue isn’t college vs trade school is wanting to work hard for little pay early. There aren’t many people willing to do that anymore so it’s a lot of grief. I mean, an obviously there are structural changes to the economy that have made it more difficult. But still I think hard work is a large determining factor in your outcome.

Good point.  Basic university degree, even advanced degree, could be work-study and arrive (tired) with degree *and* work experience after a year or two over par.  If the work-part was in the field of your major (engineering, for example), better yet.  Now it's full ride but arriving at the end with a tan, a diploma, and student debt rather than work experience.  The attitude of 'degree or nothing' and humanities preferred led to finance-debt for many and resentment for the debt.  For which a sense of entitlement was either foundation or result... or both, amplified.  (And we wonder why they riot!)