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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
When a person graduates from high school, my advice to them is to go to college and get a 4-year degree. Anyone can get a degree, even those who are not very intelligent. And with proper planning, you don't need to go deeply into debt. But recently, some people are promoting the idea to skip college and to learn a trade, like welding or plumbing. It is interesting that most of these people already have college degrees, like Mike Rowe, who is always promoting trade schools. I don't have anything against Mike Rowe, but he has a net worth of $30 million, that he didn't earn by being a welder. With a college degree, you will always have more opportunities to get a higher paying job, that does not require hard work, than someone with no degree. Just my opinion.
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I was at Buc-ee's recently and they had a help wanted sign out. For low level positions, pay started at $17 an hour (for cashier, maintenance, grocery stocker) plus great benefits (3 Weeks Paid Time Off (USE IT, CASH IT, ROLL IT), Medical - Dental - Vision, and 401K with a 100% Match up to 6%). $17 an hour is $34,000 a year.
Assistant Manager was posted at $100,000+, Car Wash Manager was posted at $125,000+, and the General Manager was posted at $150,000-$225,000+.
For the management positions, I thought that they might require a college degree but for the Assistant General Manager position, their website says college Degree from college or university
or 1-2 years or more related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience in job related field.
A lot of my work colleagues had more than $100,000 in student debt and they were not making $100,000 a year!