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by PlattypusRex 306 days ago
Why would someone go to college and then abandon their degree to learn a trade?

The whole point of college is to get a desk job and to avoid manual labor.

Plumbers have to literally scoop poop out with their hands once in a while.

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> Why would someone go to college and then abandon their degree to learn a trade?

Because they can't find a job in the area they studied.

So do surgeons once in a while
> The whole point of college* is to get a desk job and to avoid manual labor.

* most colleges