There are a lot of options out there. If you have the funds, you can always go back. Or take up a trade. No one in high school ever mentioned trades to us as an option. I highly recommend plumbing as a career option.

Now I’m making just as much if not more than my friends that got a degree. Granted, I probably work more hours, but the work is rewarding. The pay is great. No debt. There’s no stress at all, except for the few seconds of turning back on someone’s water after fixing a leak or repiping a house.

And if none of that is an incentive, you’ll never have to pay a service plumber insane amounts of money to come out and fix something. You can do it yourself.

Not to mention the potential to own your own business down the road. A guy I used to work with is pulling 6 figures with just him and his son.

College isn’t the only way to get ahead in life.