Hello All,
One more point I would like to make on the topic. As we all pretty much agree, you donât have to go to college to trade but it can possibly open some doors at a minimum. I will always advise someone to get some advanced education but as some others here show, that is not the only path to your personal success. But as I said before, most everyone is not going to trade their own account their whole adult working life. That means they will at some point work in some capacity or in some form. The world today is much different than even my parentâs generation (I am 35).
The days of the average person working without a degree and earning a solid middle class life are dwindling quickly today. In past generations it was possible to get out of high school and work in a factory, mill or whatever and have pretty much anything you want within reason. Lack of Education, arguably, was not as important as today and more importantly, the future. Now, if you are hired by GM, you start at 10-13 an hour and the guy next to you who has worked his whole life is making 25+ an hour doing the SAME job you are. I could not handle that myself. Nor would I want to raise a family on that 13 an hour.
So what are your options? You can: take a menial job, work in a factory, learn a trade of some kind, try self employment, join the military, go to college or some combination. Those are your basic GENERAL CHOICES. Those of us over 45 or 50 in a secure environment (which doesnât exist in my opinion) might be able to get away with thinking they still live in the industrial age and not the information age. Those that are much younger do not have that luxury unless they want to work twice as hard for less and less. Change is happening faster and faster, either you learn new skills to keep up or get left behind. The world is more automated everyday. Businesses that used to use tens of thousands now are lucky to use a few thousand. If you do not want or canât learn the skills of the future, whether in college or elsewhere, that is your business. Donât make it mine by having society support the tons of underachievers that are coming down the pike at an alarming rate. Education is more and more important every year that passes us all by. I want every advantage I can get. And those who have a bias against or dislike certain groups; be they college grads, cops, landscapers or whoever are limiting their own options whether they think so or not. I want the best people around me I can get no matter their background.
In my generation the middle class will be much smaller than it is now. You will either be moving up or moving down. You can debate or completely disagree with my viewpoint as much as you want but that will not change the reality of the future or the hands of time. The choice is yours. Those who can make it on their own terms, people such as Giles and others, are few and far between. I congratulate them all and hope they enjoy continued success. The fact is the majority will probably have multiple jobs and/or careers. But if you are young or young at heart, make your decisions carefully. Your future depends on it.
Good Trading and Best Wishes to all.
BM
One more point I would like to make on the topic. As we all pretty much agree, you donât have to go to college to trade but it can possibly open some doors at a minimum. I will always advise someone to get some advanced education but as some others here show, that is not the only path to your personal success. But as I said before, most everyone is not going to trade their own account their whole adult working life. That means they will at some point work in some capacity or in some form. The world today is much different than even my parentâs generation (I am 35).
The days of the average person working without a degree and earning a solid middle class life are dwindling quickly today. In past generations it was possible to get out of high school and work in a factory, mill or whatever and have pretty much anything you want within reason. Lack of Education, arguably, was not as important as today and more importantly, the future. Now, if you are hired by GM, you start at 10-13 an hour and the guy next to you who has worked his whole life is making 25+ an hour doing the SAME job you are. I could not handle that myself. Nor would I want to raise a family on that 13 an hour.
So what are your options? You can: take a menial job, work in a factory, learn a trade of some kind, try self employment, join the military, go to college or some combination. Those are your basic GENERAL CHOICES. Those of us over 45 or 50 in a secure environment (which doesnât exist in my opinion) might be able to get away with thinking they still live in the industrial age and not the information age. Those that are much younger do not have that luxury unless they want to work twice as hard for less and less. Change is happening faster and faster, either you learn new skills to keep up or get left behind. The world is more automated everyday. Businesses that used to use tens of thousands now are lucky to use a few thousand. If you do not want or canât learn the skills of the future, whether in college or elsewhere, that is your business. Donât make it mine by having society support the tons of underachievers that are coming down the pike at an alarming rate. Education is more and more important every year that passes us all by. I want every advantage I can get. And those who have a bias against or dislike certain groups; be they college grads, cops, landscapers or whoever are limiting their own options whether they think so or not. I want the best people around me I can get no matter their background.
In my generation the middle class will be much smaller than it is now. You will either be moving up or moving down. You can debate or completely disagree with my viewpoint as much as you want but that will not change the reality of the future or the hands of time. The choice is yours. Those who can make it on their own terms, people such as Giles and others, are few and far between. I congratulate them all and hope they enjoy continued success. The fact is the majority will probably have multiple jobs and/or careers. But if you are young or young at heart, make your decisions carefully. Your future depends on it.
Good Trading and Best Wishes to all.
BM