Quote Originally Posted by GMan
When you learn a trade and have a degree, you are definetly more marketable. I do know many carpentars that have college degrees, and I do know many business managers who are also great tradesman.
Reminds me of stories from the Front Range back in the 70's: a college education was virtually worthless since there were so many of them running around, so the folks who could were turning to the trades to make ends meet living in a place they wanted to. There was a joke that went around to the tune of " You've got a Bachelor's and want to learn carpentry? Sorry kid, we've got PhD grads doing the framing: it takes at least a Masters to run shingles or haul sheetrock". One of those kids with a Masters stuck with it, and has made a verrrrrrry comfortable life for his family doing something he enjoys.

Bryan...then again, I know folks who say that their jobs don't define who they are: the jobs simply pay for their lives...