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		gnarcoregrizz on April 26, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High Schoo... this article is about seattle though. sure there are a lot of places in the US where 50k goes far enough, but I don't think it does there. also, what is the upwards mobility like in these types of jobs? anecdotally, it seems like managers on construction sites went to college. I imagine it tops out, kind of like software development, until you reach a managerial or director level.

salmonfamine on April 26, 2018 [–]

Good points. I have heard that some trades have a hard ceiling, since managers do tend to have college degrees. I don't know much about it, though.

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