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Chose the paid plumbing cert over finishing my degree, got a job in 3 weeks
I was one semester away from a useless associate degree when I took a $900 plumbing cert course in Phoenix instead. Now I clear $28 an hour and my old classmates are still sending out resumes for jobs that want 3 years experience. Anyone else pick a trade over the final push and actually feel lighter for it?
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miabennett1mo ago
Man, I wish more people heard this before racking up 40k in student loans for a degree that does nothing. Here's the thing nobody tells you: a cert gets you in the door in weeks, a degree gets you in the door in years, and that's if the door even opens. I'd say put that $28 an hour to work for you right now, dump as much as you can into savings the first year while you're still used to being broke, because that habit is the real payoff. Also get your master plumber license track going whenever you can, since that's where the money actually jumps. The folks still sending resumes aren't wrong for trying, but you already figured out the game.
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