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by F7F7F7 299 days ago
CTE/Vocational education leading to underemployment is some straight up Boomer propaganda.

A 18 year old who goes from graduation to the electrical union will make $60k in year one.

Sure, not the total comp package that those in tech covet but have you looked at median income?

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Do apprentices really earn that much before they become journeymen? I thought there was some sort of process in place where you got some in the job training at the expense of getting paid less, at least in construction.