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lumberjack_jeff

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12. Here's a nit to pick.

Wed Jan 11, 2012, 12:20 PM

Jan 2012

Assuming twins that start their education straight out of high school. One chooses to be a mechanic and the other an engineer. A starting auto mechanic is 20, and has maybe $10000 of college debt, most of which is tools. A starting engineer is 22 and has $40,000 of college debt, none of which is liquid assets.

The median salary for the noob mechanic nationwide is $38,000. When the mechanic's sister is just beginning her search for a job as an engineer (for which she'll have to relocate) the mechanic has paid off her college debt and earned an additional $66,000, and has just obtained her first promotion and now earns $44,000/year.

Second off, getting employed as a mechanic generally requires 2 years of education these days.

Education is for everyone. College is not.

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