One google search turned up a bunch[1]. The thing they all have in common? Hard work, and skill. If you're skill-less, you aren't going to earn well, ie. if someone else can be trained to do your job in a day, you are not going to earn well.
It's a myth you need a piece of paper to earn well and live well. It needs to die.
We puppy-mill thousands of useless graduates each year and then are shocked they earn so little doing basic office work. In some cases, it's a complete inversion of what people expect - more degree less pay.
Only one of those jobs listed gets six figures and I’ll bet you need a degree or nuke sub background. The only other thing that gets close is police work, a career known for siphoning money from communities by doing bogus OT. Did you even read the link? Nice little ideological rant though, bet that made you feel good.
If you live in a world where you believe you must have a piece of paper to earn six figures - then you've been lied to and you've bought into the lie. In other words, you've been made the fool.
There's so much evidence a degree is not necessary to have a very good life with a great income. You just choose to ignore it because it does not fit into whatever false-truth you've chosen to believe.
How about you come correct with evidence when you make bold statements that are trying to push some ideology you have. This isn’t Reddit.
That link, which is funny because it’s basically blog spam, lists: ATC(school and years of experience required), pilot(school and years of crap pay to break into those numbers), and then lists a bunch of other careers that don’t pay six figures or still require a degree (and you’ll be competing against people who have degrees to get).
Perhaps you are the one who should stop ignoring reality and update your beliefs. Best of luck with that!
It's amazing to me how you've put zero effort into your argument, yet remain staggeringly incorrect.
You do not seem to believe hard work and skill development leads to higher pay.
If you flip burgers at In-n-Out, you will not earn much ($15-20 per hour). If you manage an In-n-Out after putting in years of learning the business and working your way up - you earn close to, and more than often exceed, six figures.
Go ahead - look it up. Place some effort into your argument.
The point being - if someone can be trained to replace you in a day or less, you are not worth much.
ATC does not require a degree either [1]. I'm not sure what gave you that idea.
You don't have to believe me - you just have to put effort into your arguments. Careful - it might shatter your perceived reality.
There's no shortcuts in life. Hard work and developed skills earn big bucks no matter the field.
So your proof of six figure blue collar jobs being abundant is: a fast food chain, that isn’t even a national chain, where you have to work at garbage pay for years to MAYBE get a manager position (for which there are few and I bet they have degrees) where you might possibly get near six figure pay (in what are most likely high COL areas). Are you serious right now?
And the ATC not needing schooling is misleading. You’re only getting accepted via experience if you’ve served in the military as an ATC. Otherwise you need a degree. Go read the BLS overview: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/transportation-and-material-moving/a...
Also I’ve put effort into my argument, not that it required much. You’ve moved the goalposts from oh so many six figure blue collar jobs to maybe you can be a manager at in and out. Which just confirms the OPs point of a degree being necessary for real social mobility. Unless you think everyone in the country can be an in and out manager.
And finally, hard work doesn’t always earn big bucks. Plenty of people work grueling jobs and get paid crap. The break their bodies for nothing. You are just spouting more ideological garbage.
It's a myth you need a piece of paper to earn well and live well. It needs to die.
We puppy-mill thousands of useless graduates each year and then are shocked they earn so little doing basic office work. In some cases, it's a complete inversion of what people expect - more degree less pay.
[1] https://theinterviewguys.com/highest-paying-blue-collar-jobs...