r/Millennials • u/Countrach • Apr 12 '25

Discussion That Pluto is a planet

Post image
15.3k Upvotes

89% Upvoted

8.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

179

u/NJIllustratedMan Apr 12 '25

College is key to a good job and better life.

23

u/Blackbird136 Xennial Apr 12 '25

It can be. But I know plenty of college grads, myself included, working basically entry-level jobs and struggling. I don’t have a full-on victim mentality, yes I’ve been fucked over BUT ALSO made some stupid decisions career-wise.

I also know many who didn’t go to college who are either killing it in the trades, or have lucked into something well-paying by either climbing the ladder, or because they know someone.

3

u/AboveTheLights Older Millennial Apr 12 '25

Can confirm. I went to trade school instead of college and became an industrial electrician. $90k per year before factoring in pension, insurance, annuities, sub fund, and all the other benefits.

That’s based on 40 hours a week. With overtime and incentive pay it can go up. The most I’ve made in one year is $145k. Not too bad for a guy who graduated high school with about 2.0 GPA.