Subj : Re: New to this
To   : StormTrooper
From : boraxman
Date : Sun Apr 20 2025 11:56 pm

On 20 Apr 2025 at 09:25a, StormTrooper pondered and said...
 
 St>  Ac> Although, if you were to take the time and money to become a
 St>  Ac> doctor/lawyer you'd be able to afford a much more expensive home than
 St>  Ac> many of the other options. I agree, though, that the idea of the *nee
 St>  Ac> to go to college is just plain silly.
 St> 
 St> That's not a given here... quite often our trades are able to make more
 St> than the higher ed end of town, largely because we don't have enough of
 St> them.  Plus you'll have the HECS (tuition) debt badly impacting your
 St> ability to fund a loan for a purchase. And the higher end jobs are
 St> already over supplied.
 St> 

And if you speak to people who run their own business, they are finding it hard to get good people.  I've thought about taking up a trade, the income can be quite good if you're willing to put in a decent amount of quality work.

If you're good, word of mouth gets you far.

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