Mike Rowe opens up on career, confesses "lost wonder" for skilled trades
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 มี.ค. 2014
- Equipment World sits down with Mike Rowe, former host of the Discovery Channel's "Dirty Jobs" and the founder of the mikeroweWorks foundation, for a conversation about his career, the importance of skilled trades and vocational education and the recent controversy surrounding his TV spot for Walmart.
I think they need to bring back wood shop, welding & Home Economic into our Schools it's a class I had fun in & learned by it at the same time.
I can't say this for every school, but mine had shop, home ec and ag.
And stop telling everyone how much more money you'll get with a degree, and that it's the only way to a good life. That's BS. I work with Trades people that make more money than most people with Bachelors'. And that's BEFORE overtime pay.
if you're unsure about what you wanna do, learn a trade. I'm an electrician apprentice and in a few years ill have my journeymans. best decision ive made
another thing, you can work wherever you want in skilled trade! best of both worlds
I just started my journey as a plumbers apprentice
How much is the pay? Be honest
Just don't learn them in Cleveland. We have the largest supply of skilled workers in the country.
7 months into certifications for welding and Pipe fitting, And I am loving every second of it even though I have yet to actually work in the field.
I started as an electrical apprentice in 1986 making $6.00 per hour. After four yrs I was making $8.00 per hour. It was then in 1990 that I passed the electrician test and started my business. I literally started with nothing. Now in 2016, I live in a million dollar home thats almost paid off. I own 6 condos in the city of Boston that will fund my retirement. This is the result of busting my ass everyday. Im not the smartest guy im the first to admit. But the trades, did me right. Someone once told me that becoming an electrician wont make me rich but I would never starve. I can say Im happy (most days). I also have a close friend whos my same age. He became a dentist. By all accounts, Ive done better. Not sure why. Could be life habits, who knows. I can tell you that in the trades If you are willing to bust your ass, You will see the payday.
+Rajput Marek Jealous much?...Its funny, being self-employed for 30 years has taught me alot. One thing is that some stereo-types are true. If someone were to ask me if there was one specific PROBLEMATIC customer group and who would that be? Hands down it would be the indian (dot heads) like yourself there RAJ-PUT... But then again, how could anyone give credible character to a race of idiots that worships the rat and embraces 6 legged whores..........The best part is that us tradesmen speak and converse often and there has been a consorted effort for many years that states that all self-employed plumbers and electricians always charge above full rate to all dot heads. I recently charged one $875.00 to re-set a circuit breaker. The main reason was that the smell in these fucking houses is unbearable....Human rats.
Outstanding job!!!
shawnbrennan1 Ooo, keeping it classy. Your wit is showing, buddy. The fact is I have no Indian blood, so your disgustingly toxic pejoratives were in vain! What a tragedy. I'm half Pakistani, one quarter Polish, and one quarter German, American-born, and proud of every last bit. Try again, bitch.
+Hittinum You're both fucking idiots.
+xilix SILENCE
I went to trade school to be an x-ray technician, if you can work good with your hands you will honestly be the millionaires of the future! Not many people can do work with their hands anymore, too busy with their dam phones
I worked the trades 24 years and loved it. Loved the the fact that I could make things from scratch. There were up and downs ( cutting trees out of the power lines when work was slow ), but I made it. I left it to go to work for a refinery. It did not like what I did, but I made good money with good benefits ( savings and pension ). Something that is getting hard to find. People today starting out will probably not have the saving and pension benefits jobs to go to. Learning a trade is good. What you learn to make or build, no one can take from you. The thing I would have done different would be to have started saving ( investing ) for retirement at the start. Things are changing every day. Company's are cutting everything they can to make more profit. At the cost of hurting the people that are the life of the company's. Something has to change.........
I am a building superintendent. I hose dog poop off the sidewalk, change lightbulbs, shovel snow, trim hedges, heft trash..and my husband is a merchant seaman. We are a blue collar family. And, I have HUGE respect for Mike Rowe. But I do think we have a 'love-hate- relationship' with tradesmen: electricians, plumbers, garbage men, plasterers,linemen, fry cooks...see, Mike wisely puts it this way: "those are the people who make civilized life possible for the rest of us." Great guy. Ric's and my hero!
thanks for mentioning Plasterers, we are a dying breed
Mike Rowe is so dead on with his words its incredible. A great guy and one of my new role models
Love this guy. He knows the meaning of hard work. His MikeRoweWorks Foundation is much needed breath of fresh air. I've been something of a Jill-of-all-trades who finally found her niche in finance. The guy has brains, brawn, and just flat out common sense. I work with people who have Masters and Ph.D. degrees and absolutely no common sense. I have a college education and lots of common sense. Thank you, Mike Rowe, for rekindling the wonder of the day-to-day and making me appreciate what I do.
All we need is unions!
I'm a simulations engineer. My father and brother have PhDs. Sounds like a high IQ bloodline, right? My father's father was a New England farmer who never saw a day of college until his 50s. Sounds like a low IQ job, right? How'd a farmer's son earn a PhD?
Well, my grandfather was a farmer, a merchant, a welder, a mechanic, a blacksmith, an electrician, a chemist, and a vet. That's what a New England farmer was back then. You did EVERYTHING needed on the farm, and you just figured it out. When the US Department of Agriculture got worried about the monoculture nature of American beans, worried about a blight coming along and wiping everything out, they went to 3 farmers, my grandfather included, and he worked with their botanists to breed something like 57 new breeds of dry beans. He was one of the largest dry beans producers in New England. And that was him, his wife, his two sons, and sometimes his neighbor as a hired hand, when he could afford it. Turns out my father didn't fall that far from the tree.
Long story short, intelligence and education are two completely different factors. They can go hand in hand, or you can find one and the COMPLETE ABSENCE of the other, or you may find neither.
Today I work with a lot of Trades people, and I see a LOT of both sides. There are completely ignorant idiots convinced of their own superiority and consumed by ego, and there are good, humble, hard-working people who know their shit like the back of their hands, listen when they don't know something, and can bring in some great insights.
I was told by my parents that I would, in no uncertain terms, get a college education. To not have a college education was seen as being relegated to a life of toil, drudgery and misery. I did as I was told and have spent the last 30 yeas making the OK living of a college grad when I could have been making a great living at any number of professions that I have touched on over my life. I have always felt cheated by the lie that college is the only path to success. I have spent a lifetime trying to spin my education into the dream that was promised and have come up short.
NYCTony G: my teammate is 62 and starting a career as a welder ironworker. It's more about confidence in yourself than anything. Many guys will guide you along. Those that are dicks, like in the office setting, only see you as a threat, or want to put you down to make themselves feel bigger- pussies. Fuck em'. Stick with the cool guys and don't listen to anything the dicks tell ya.
love mike rowe he truly respects the rest of us who put on dirty boots and hard hats daily
If everyone are kings and queens, who will build the castles and produce the food?
The robots are coming, but they're not ready quite yet.
and they will need someone to build them, program them, and repair them....hell even set them up.
As a furnace repair technician, I work on (stationary) robots daily. My job is safe for the foreseeable future.
Dear Mike, I'm retired, but while I had more than one job, some of those I loved most was when I worked as a carpenter. My favorite moments were when we finished something, stepping back, looking at it and saying to myself "I made that." or "I helped make that." Also, doing the building, was, itself, quite enjoyable (I learned so much).
White and blue collar are indeed two sides of the same coin in engineering. I can't think of a single engineer who doesn't have to roll up their sleeves, get dirty and figure out the guts of the mechanism they're re-designing, be it mechanical, electrical or computer. Likewise, the blue collar jobs require specialty knowledge of systems and specifics that they blow the white collar folk out of the water with knowing how the systems work and what potential they really have.
utube101x have you seen AvE's youtubes? He's a wonder to behold busting open power tools and power electronics to see how they're put together.
Parents are to blame. Most parents I know don't really want their children to do what they really want to do.
No, Parents are not to blame! Parents want to encourage children to have a better life than they had.
Problems is Money as always. Blue colar got demonized as a poor choice of life, so parents get away from it.
Why was it demonized as bad? Because teaching 4 yr degree was more lucrative.
Trade jobs were usually teached by people, professional to apprentice. No money in that.
MIKE ROWE FOR PRESIDENT!!
He gets, he understands the way the real world works, that the working class built this county and that we must look to them to rebuild it, raise it from the ashes!!
In the Southeast US the problem is low wages, good trademen are walking
God, I wish this man would run for president...but he's too smart to take that job.
He's probably too honest to run for that job. Someone would try to kill him.
Darth Krayt True enough. This guy is just so sharp. Tells it like it is.
dhog41 One can only dream of a president who would have the guts, intelligence, and integrity to do that, yes....
Mike Rowe voted Trump...
Did he now....? Well, that's disappointing....
I just flat love this guy, how often do you find someone so well spoken, so intuitive, and self deprecating. I know he is far to honest to make it, but this is the type of person we need in politics.
Man I did A/C 15 yrs., Scaffolding 5 yrs. I know elec., plum., I did freakin’ concrete. Poured the foundation of the 107’ bell tower on The University of Tampa…and I’m a chef. I’m currently living, in my van, doing pool enclosures. I suffer because, I love “all” trades. I often struggle, with the “success” the others have achieved mastering one specific trade. I’m literally ready to learn something new!!!! Sorry so long. Mike Rowe for PRESIDENT!!🎉🎉
I like Mike. Very humble when it comes to the pursuit of knowledge.
In Michigan, I worked my ass off to attempt to get skilled trades training and education. Both parents were such in GM and had retired from their. However, after working in automotive suppliers for years and gaining experience in robotics, fabrication, welding and as a machinist. I attended a hiring event for an entry level position at GM to get my foot in the door and hopefully get into an apprenticeship. Well, after arriving three hours early and being one of the first five into the building out of many hundreds of people to do so, I was told by the woman behind the desk once I walked in that, and I quote:
“ Sorry, we are not allowed to give applications to you because all these positions are for women and minorities” . Therefore, that the state of our nation! If you are a white male, Good Luck. You are going to need it ! Because, even with my extensive training, experience and education I was not “ Smart” enough for GM!
Absolutely couldn't agree with you more fuck these satanic infiltrators that are doing everything they can to destroy this nation because look at this dudes story completely has no logic behind it he was more than qualified and they tell him that are you a woman or a boarder jumper or black your screwed it's obvious what's going on
I'm a commercialmetal framer by trade. In 2008 the commercial sector dropped off the map due to the economy collapsing. I was out of work and no one was hiring. I had a mortgage to pay and a wife to take care of. I hired on as a day labored for 7 bucks an hour. After a couple months of showing up at the ball every morning I was sent to another construction site to clean up and sweep. After a few days the GC told me he had to let me go but that he got me a job with the carpenters on the site! The owner of the company ended up making me the foreman of his concrete crew. After 3 years of that, I made my way back to metal framing. Now, 11 years later, I am doing well. This trade has saved my life!!!
He truly mean what he says, It really makes more sense. I totally appreciate his way of thinking on how " right career" means. Thanks for this guy.
I am so thankful for the GATB test in high school that told me I was more suited for trade vocation . I followed that for 50 years and enjoyed it until retirement go trades !!!!
I got laid-off on the Construction Crew, but the 'shoot crew' picked me up on the same job (the foremen in my "craft" heard about it and hired me)- then, as a result, I bumped into the Chief's rigger, and I was asked to be a foreman on a job by a Department Head who stopped talking to me after I worked for him six months before.
Your message has really grown, even from this interview only 4 years ago. So proud of you ❤️
I started as a security guard now I am a Maintenance Tech. I just learned as I went..... Hands on training is the best way to go hands down.
No job is a bad job. So true! I started at my company as a the person taking parts off the line and into a box, started running the machine (line)... now 5 years later I have became an electrician one of highest paid positions in the company due to my knowhow and can do attitude. My degree is in design, so life took me down a complete different path than I was expecting coming out of school.
I like what this guy says.
This was a very good interview and yes skilled tradesmen are needed. I have always enjoyed at the end of the day seeing the pile of parts or what ever I was going at the end of the day.
This was an amazing interview. Life changing stuff right here.
Never heard things understood and stated that way…..you know he has a grip on the situation!
Funnily enough I was a welder briefly, but don't have the genes for it as Mike put it. Now I'm teaching myself to code and will get a job doing that.
Ok, that was a good conversation, it helped open my eyes to my own bias.. and i'm a Canadian
A beautiful philosophy!
There is only one explanation to this thing..People are too fucking lazy these days...everyone is just trying to get shit for nothing
So true bro, it's ridiculous how these young people feel everything in everyone's lives will revolve around hunching over a keyboard in a cubicle or somewhere...somebody is going to have to do the work...Its really sad
haha I know a guy just like that, pot, no job, the whole package.
brilliant dude.
his point a bit after the 11min mark about how America loves to divide, Red vs Blue, Left vs Right, RIch v Poor, Blue Collar v White Collar, Black v White, etc etc etc....rings so true. We are all American, beyond that, we are all human, beyond that we are all Earthlings. Division benefits man none.
I have a handyman business I’ve done for 33 years. I have 1200 regular customers. I have a very hard time finding help or someone who doesn’t do drugs or drink because I work on million dollar plus homes and my customers don’t trust them. There’s tons of work. With these skills anyone is set for life. You have to work.
Id rather work with you than sitting at a desk in the HR department.
I understand the “drugs and alcoholism” sentiment.
There's on thing missing, mike needs a beer in front of him.
Experience is the best teacher. School is a good start.
Skilled Trades are where the future of good jobs lie. There will always be a need for Welders, Electricians, Plumbers, etc..
"Are You Experienced" - Jimi Hendrix
I believe most people think they can make a good living only using their mouth, smile, fingertips, and only skill is talking their way through things, but the thing is a lot of people in office workers settings are full of shit. I worked in a professional office setting backed up my bs (polisci) degree, and eventually left due to unhappiness and unfulfillment. I'm a journeyman iron worker/ welder. You can be a welder and not an iron worker, but you can't be a journeyman iron worker and not a welder. There's a job satisfaction with walking out tired, and sweaty, and looking up At your creation from down the street, that filling out forms, talking on the phone, and phone smiling can't provide. I actually have extreme pride and interest in my work, and get paid more than I ever have before, to do what I do.
Amen !
Good stuff. However, here in the San Francisco bay area even vocational training is thin. When you can find a school for say plumbing it is impacted so badly you get put on a list and have to wait, or are simply not (picked).
My thoughts are for someone young: they have to have someone who can help them understand and I mean really (know) the (why) you want to pursue a specific career and what (their) personality characteristics are. There comes a point in life where it is not acceptable any longer to not know why we do the thing we do. To walk around in a fog of uncertainty and confusion is waisted time, (politely put) that can not be regained.
Bravo sir. Fortunately, some people in Canada already know this revelation. I made $250000 last yr as a welder. Any idea what they pay in Alabama lol? That might be the problem.....
In Alabama? Comparable. Cost of living is about the lowest in the United States, in Alabama. So one could live a quarter million dollar lifestyle off of $100,000 pretty easily.
How many years experience do you have, where were you working?
Halo4Lyf Alberta, 17 yrs exp as a pressure rig welder. Our cost of living is ridiculous though. Maybe I should retire in Alabama lol
111outback I live in Iowa, and went to high school with a guy who was doing night courses to get certified as a welder. He got his license shortly after graduating high school, and by the time I started college that following fall, he already had a job that paid $45,000 a year with benefits. That's $45,000 in a small town, with no experience, fresh out of the gate at 18 years old. I ran into him three years later at a football game in our home town, and found out he was already making $70,000 a year.
So, yeah, I can see someone making your salary after nearly 20 years pretty easily.
There is just honestly not that many Americans willing to do that sort of thing anymore, because they've been told from such an early age that skilled or manual labor ain't cool.
I went to school for welding in Miami fl,I could weld plates upside down with mig and arc,i couldn't and cant get a job welding...they want 5 yrs experience and pay for your own certifications...they want fabricators/welders,or mechanic/welders...Now im enrolled in Diesel mechanics,If that doesn't work I will learn Spanish and apply at mcdonalds,or shoot myself....
I'm a licensed Canadian electrician and I'd like to learn how to weld. Does welding require an apprenticeship to write your C of Q?
Blue collar all the way baby. Get a job work hard make something of yourself.
Casey Dixon Absolutely, but not generally making something of yourself persay, learn the job, grow the passion for that job and teach youngins how to do the job and to do it well.
The editor couldn't fix Camera ones failure to color balance I take it?
The problem with Trade Jobs is the longevity or the life span of a job like a welder, carpenter, etc. With so many risks involved in theses types of jobs such as accidents, loosing fingers, breaking your back, etc people will choose the safe route....for sure
Living Life is a risk..Driving your car is risk. Don't take a shower,you might slip and fall..Better not cook you might get a burn..Don't even eat the food you might choke on it.Hey don't open the can o'food you might cut your finger. If a "person" is so afraid of getting hurt,they should just wrap themselves bubble wrap and stay home..Maybe order from a restaurant where People Are taking that risk to cook Your food so YOu can feel "safe"? By the way the delivery person is taking a bigger risk than you for just driving to make sure You are comfy...Living Life is a risk.Just say'n.
Most parents don't want their kids to be in skilled trades. It's a "dirty job"
Manufacturing technician here! Best decision I ever made!
True.
And now you see people not going into or leaving trades en masse because the pay for 4-5 years is absolutely garbage while the contractor rakes in money and complains at you to cut corners to make them even more. Every one wants to talk about no one wants to do trades but no one will talk about it being licensed trademens fault
I don't think I could have said it better than Mike did
I have the biggest crush on Mike Rowe. ANd i, too, feel wonder when i flush a toilet (having NOT had one indoors til i was 6).
Truer words have not been spoken. How many hundreds of thousands will MR. 1 percent shell out when the power fails or his pluming fails in his home.
I remember as a child going on a school field trip to the Hershey candy company in Oakdale California, and another to a cargo ship and a 3rd to a coast guard cutter. All showing real people doing real jobs. Now its Disneyland or such nonsense. I would not want my child to go to a modern college even if it was Free considering the crap they are teaching.
Anyone know where I can meet Mike Rowe, to get a picture with him?
Some up coming trade show?
Mossberg 500 is going to fix that shaky bush.
***** I doubt Mike Rowe, would appreciate people hiding in the bushes outside his house.
Wish this had 320 Million views
Biggest BS! Skilled HVAC Tech salary 50-100 it takes 10 years $120 per labor hour. Experienced lawyer 100-200 it takes 10 years $600 labor hour. I'm a licensed HVAC contractor and I would never recommend trades to a bright young person ( emphasis on BRIGHT young person) Every contractor I know wants their kids to go to university not BS apprenticeships.
Disconnected...we push the handle and it goes away. In Cambodia I learned what it was to dump my own slop bucket to make it go away. In Russia I flicked the switch and learned the there was no electricity 6 to 10 PM. Etc. My student loan was $700 (I spent on rent.). My college education did not teach me what I needed to know to live.
You mentioned welders is Arizona. Arizona once had hundreds of cotton gins. All but a very few are now in China. We send raw cotton to China.
Being a mechanic by trade will never get you rich unless you open your own business.
why the negativity?
The truth hurts doesnt it? Not negative, honesty you fool.
exactly
I call BS. My father is an ASE tech and he makes 31 dollars an hour. Certainly not rich, but an awesome living.
S Nguyen G This goes for most trades
They title is clickbaity and controversial. He is still ever as passionate about skilled work.
Secretary of Labor.
Years later i want both, trade education and humanities eduction to be valued. Why cant plumbers also be medieval scholars. It would fucking awesome if superintendents had backgrounds in art history or psychology. Let’s value all the good teachers and good books. No learning is bad or a waste maybe it all doesn’t lead to profit but better people.
Went to community college hated it 2yrs in thought my buddy doing plumbing came home nasty but had more dough than i had ask him for a job 12 yrs ago i made almost 100000$ last year think god he gave me that job i work hard but i live for it i dont mind it i could go to mexico and make money lol
Not all blue collar jobs are 'dirty'.
I was an electro-mechanical automation tech at Intel for twenty years.
Now Im an independent truck driver making no less than at Intel, but with greater financial security, great views (road trip scouting) no breakrooms with chili spewed microwave ovens and a clock breathing down my neck.
There's no shortage of welders in Southern California or else they would be paid like there's a shortage.
Not necessarily. Valuable work isn't always valued, hence why it's not always paid well.
There would be more people getting into welding if it paid better
There are some bad jobs if you value your health. There's plenty unnecessary jobs too.
And then there's of course no shortage of crappy employers.
These are not the jobs Mike Rowe is talking about though.
If you are willing and able to live on $10 to $20 an hour yes there is a huge demand out there. You want to make $40 to $60 an hour? not so fast.
shoot get me one of them exo suits and i'll be out there doing some manual labor.
"$270 a semester" LMAO fuck.
What would our hygiene be like if we didn’t have plumbers?
starting at the bottom is logical and honorable
but be consistent
It's funny that companies will pay millions for multiple CEOs, but Lord forbid they pay well for a skilled trades person.
I'm a 40 year old electrician,contractors are cheapskates, I'm gonna call it quits. Fuck construction.
In america most jobs are bad jobs, because most jobs don’t pay a living wage. Almost nowhere can a man get a job and afford to buy a home, 2 cars, and raise a family with a significant other that can stay home to raise kids. When you can’t make a living wage either way, why would anyone choose to do awful, back-breaking work that starts laughably early in the morning if you are going to be poor anyways? It’s common sense.
Better have your crap together when you go against the master. Good day
I wonder were mike rowe stands on trade unions!
martys monster I hate unions. Unions need to go away altogether or reform into non profit and stop their nonsense. No forced unions, make it an option for those of us who do not need nor want their services. I will never work a union job because I don't need the union and the union is still forced on people who have no desire or need for the union.
I've been a union pipe fitter for 20 years, make a good living and have no real complaints. Also. it was not forced on me in any way shape or form. If you don't wish to work for a union shop, don't apply to work at one. There are non-union alternatives out there to choose from. I don't understand where this hatred comes from.
Unions get all of the jobs Mike is talking about and liberals also get all of the jobs in entertainment. I guess the rest of us can just die.
wrong. Find something for yourself, make yourself useful.
@@christopherpittman8054 :
owners contractors should be eaten
Be a framer fun and once you journey out you can make 40$ plus an hour
40 in the big city is poverty 😂
@@abcdef-kx2qt I wouldn't say poverty, I live in the silicon valley make 45 an hour and And living comfortable, Of course we always wanna make more but, 40 is not poverty
I hate how Rowe says ‘the handy gene skipped him’. There is no such thing as a handy gene. You become good at the trades by constantly busting your ass off.
I'm in college for welding.
Its bad ass.
Shortage of blue collar is due to “right to work laws” and oppressed wages.
Mike needs a new job! Vote Mike Rowe for President of the United States of America 2016.
korn hole skid rowe 😁
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... if that was such an honorable job ... why did U NOT stay there ?
Which job? Mike Rowe has done hundreds. He started out basically as a salesmen with t.v.
We all move on you whiner.
Anyone can work a bad job....for 3 months.
The cameraman should be fired.
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When an employer places an advert in the newspaper, job centre and online etc. looking for electricians, urgently required. But, can't get anyone to take the job except really bad quality people and absolute chancers, then it is said that there is a shortage of skilled tradesmen. What is not mentioned is that the employer is offering to pay far less than the prevailing wage for the area and no benefits. This "shortage of skilled tradesmen" really means that there is a shortage of skilled tradesmen who are willing to work for sub standard wages and sub standard conditions. Not a shortage of skilled tradesmen at all.This eventually leads to the immigration laws being relaxed so people can be allowed to come in to fill these open positions. To add further insult to injury the employer starts to describe how wonderful hard working people these guys are, far better than the lazy Americans who used to do the work. This is happening all over the world, so next time you hear the phrase "shortage of X, Y or Z type of workers" you know what is mean by it.
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Pure disrespect for all of the legitimate tradesmen. Roping them all together saying his Grandaddy was a Master (No less) electrician, plumber, steam fitter, carpenter and a few more. In the real world, each of these trades have a 5 year apprenticeship. Some have a 4 year apprenticeship. If you have heard the expression "Jack of all trades, master of none" then I suspect his GP was like this.He shows his true lack of knowledge of the construction industry. I suspect he has a real wardrobe anxiety every day over the button down shirt and khakis that are hanging there beside his beat up jeans, t-shirt and ball cap.
WELL SAID IN THE EXTREME !
I just can't help but laugh at the irony. Mike Row has never been a tradesmen, but insisted that you should be one for virtue and not pay, but he's the millionaire philanthropic famous guy who was "just not blessed with knowing how to fix shit"... whatever, trades don't pay and housing cost serious money, be smart work with your head and not your hands.
Young numbskulls these days will severely hurt themselves with a plastic spork in their school cafeterias, not sure it is safe to bring the basic trade learning in school.
Terrible interviewer
An opera singer and somone who gets paid big dollars being on TV trying to sell you on shitty paying jobs.
Disconnected...we push the handle and it goes away. In Cambodia I learned what it was to dump my own slop bucket to make it go away. In Russia I flicked the switch and learned the there was no electricity 6 to 10 PM. Etc. My student loan was $700 (I spent on rent.). My college education did not teach me what I needed to know to live.
You mentioned welders is Arizona. Arizona once had hundreds of cotton gins. All but a very few are now in China. We send raw cotton to China.
Most parents don't want their kids to be in skilled trades. It's a "dirty job"
Disconnected...we push the handle and it goes away. In Cambodia I learned what it was to dump my own slop bucket to make it go away. In Russia I flicked the switch and learned the there was no electricity 6 to 10 PM. Etc. My student loan was $700 (I spent on rent.). My college education did not teach me what I needed to know to live.
You mentioned welders is Arizona. Arizona once had hundreds of cotton gins. All but a very few are now in China. We send raw cotton to China.