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the_climber
May 16, 2007, 2:54 PM
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tanner wrote: Or go to university @ $5-$10k per year payed for by loans After 4 years you owe $20-$40 and your not even employed. You have to look for work then start at the bottom of the ladder!!
I agree with your math on the trades, but not the student stuff.
$5-$10k per year?! Pfft, Pahlease I wish. Try more like $12-$17 depending on your major!
As far as starting at the bottom of the ladder, well, you get summer employment in you field of study while still being a student = experiance. Decent pay, but only for a few months a year. Now field work is where the money is at.
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So If your in something/go into something like Geology, Mining engineering, and in some cases biology get in the field. After a couple summers you'll be in the field working for the equivalent of $27-$35/hour 12hour/day, 7days/week, typically on a 3weeks on 1 week off rotation (sometimes 4 on 1 or 2 off). Clearing $5500/ month after taxes, but your still a student, so that almost $2000 in taxes you'll get back at tax time.
Note: This doesn't work as well if your not in a position to do field work (ie. engaged/married with puppies/kids, and fatherinlaw with poor health... which keeps you out of the field.... but hey I still have full benifits, death and dismemberment insurance for both myself and my other half, and I'm in the $45k range with a year left in my degree)
[short version]Educating cost higher than you think. Workign while in uni, mostly in summer. Get work experiance in your field of study during summers. Get expensive piece of paper saying your smart. Get payed good. pay off debts while Getting $50+k a year your first year out of Uni.
Math will work out equivalent to trads over a 5 to 6 year period. If your succesfull with education route you'll make more in the long run...
That said, if you're not as smart as that paper says, your better off in the trades and will do great![short]
I would have a house on an acreage with horses and my Toyota would be fully built up with badass paint job and custom roll cage.... if I had gone straight into the trades, I would already have that.
It really evens out in the 10 year range... one you suffer when you start, the other you break your back for an extra 20 years or so...
Edit to add: Expect at lease a $50k to $60k debt minimum on the Education route now (rent and tuition are only going up!)
(This post was edited by the_climber on May 16, 2007, 2:55 PM)
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Post edited by the_climber
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