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<blockquote data-quote="PanhandleGlocker" data-source="post: 3691226" data-attributes="member: 25311"><p>Most of my teachers in high school told me I wouldn’t be able to make it in life without a college degree. I searched and searched and nothing interested me plus I couldn’t qualify for financial aid so immediately after I graduated I went to work as a welders helper in Oil/Gas. Worked my way up, took the Oklahoma welding test, took other tests for a few energy/gas companies and became a welder. Things sort of crashed a year or two after and I looked for another job. I was a welder for a Fortune 500 company, didn’t like the huge corporate BS so I left and Now I am a company welder for a Oil/Gas company. This all happened between the age of 18-25.</p><p></p><p>Forgot to mention that I bought my first house at 20 years old all because I didn’t go to college. I am way ahead of my friends and my own brothers that ended up going the academic route. They have student loan debt on top of all their other debt and it doesn’t look like they have an end in sight.</p><p></p><p>I will encourage my children to go to college for something in the medical field or something with computers. If they aren’t the academic type then definitely I will promote learning a trade.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PanhandleGlocker, post: 3691226, member: 25311"] Most of my teachers in high school told me I wouldn’t be able to make it in life without a college degree. I searched and searched and nothing interested me plus I couldn’t qualify for financial aid so immediately after I graduated I went to work as a welders helper in Oil/Gas. Worked my way up, took the Oklahoma welding test, took other tests for a few energy/gas companies and became a welder. Things sort of crashed a year or two after and I looked for another job. I was a welder for a Fortune 500 company, didn’t like the huge corporate BS so I left and Now I am a company welder for a Oil/Gas company. This all happened between the age of 18-25. Forgot to mention that I bought my first house at 20 years old all because I didn’t go to college. I am way ahead of my friends and my own brothers that ended up going the academic route. They have student loan debt on top of all their other debt and it doesn’t look like they have an end in sight. I will encourage my children to go to college for something in the medical field or something with computers. If they aren’t the academic type then definitely I will promote learning a trade. [/QUOTE]
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