Subj : Re: New to this
To : StormTrooper
From : boraxman
Date : Sun Apr 20 2025 11:56 pm
On 20 Apr 2025 at 09:25a, StormTrooper pondered and said...
St> Ac> Although, if you were to take the time and money to become a
St> Ac> doctor/lawyer you'd be able to afford a much more expensive home than
St> Ac> many of the other options. I agree, though, that the idea of the *nee
St> Ac> to go to college is just plain silly.
St>
St> That's not a given here... quite often our trades are able to make more
St> than the higher ed end of town, largely because we don't have enough of
St> them. Plus you'll have the HECS (tuition) debt badly impacting your
St> ability to fund a loan for a purchase. And the higher end jobs are
St> already over supplied.
St>
And if you speak to people who run their own business, they are finding it hard to get good people. I've thought about taking up a trade, the income can be quite good if you're willing to put in a decent amount of quality work.
