The Dirty Truth about Dirty Jobs vs College Degrees with Mike Rowe

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[kennethmcdevitt]

I'm in hvac. I always tell the youth Jeff bezos can't mail cold air.

[karimoyano]

Excellent guest! I have 3 sons and encourage them to do hands-on work. We have old vehicles and they work on them. They used YouTube to install a starter on my 2006 Sienna but did it in 2 hours and for me quicker then taking it into a shop. They have unlimited resources and I am thankful for the MEN on youtube who teach and instruct the old school way in teaching skills that boys/teens should be learning!
The skills they are learning by working on the cars is a training in developing them for the future.
Bring SHOP back in schools! I am thankful for what Mike Rowe has contributed to society.

[jcarolyn]

Praying for you and your team
Thanks for sharing the truth to the world
I enjoy seeing you guys sharing your passion for Trump and truth

[rc]

Loved Dirty jobs
I'm now 71...most of my working years I worked in masonry, , brick, cement bock, stucco, stone and concrete. Outside in the Florida sun. Wouldn't of had it any other way. I also had shop and auto body in school.
Miss your show Mike

[TerenceHancock]

I went to college, made a good career in software, made a lot of money per year, and left work everyday depressed about my accomplishments. I have now opened a carpenter business, making close to nothing, and am 1000% more satisfied with my work

[rickmohr]

I was born in 1950 so I'm74 years old. In about 1960 I had a teacher who told her class that everyone had to go to college. I interrupted her expensively acquired diatribe to ask who would fix the cars and the plumbing, etc.? It was an unpopular notion then, and it wasn't until Mike Rowe's show that I got any support.
I couldn't wait to get to work. I started a business in 1980. And I never looked back.
Great show. Thanks.

[ADivineSeeker]

I allowed my boys to drop out of the "school-to-prison pipeline" and they both learned skills. One became a master carpenter and an everything certified welder. The other learned masonry, electrical, and industrial refrigeration. Both have families and bought a house before they were 30. They both are very successful.

[azsheri]

Grateful to you both for bringing and honoring the good!

[clayfree]

I joined the Air Force at 20 …..then took my GI bill and went to trade school.
Worked hard and learned everything about the HVAC trade I could and kept advancing.

I’ve worked Union and Non-Union but… I WORKED.

At 57 am in a management position of one of the largest HVAC companies in the world making six figures a year with great benefits and getting close to a good retirement.

I have two daughters that went to a four year college and we worked together to keep there student loans down to the about the amount of a decent used care and they are doing well in the Educational and Medical profession.

Trade Schools and Colleges both have their place but……a young person needs to know there are two paths to success in the country……even more sometimes!

[sharkar]

Love the show with Mike and he's awesome along with you Charlie Kirk. Great time.

[AndrewEllisAndymanout]

I would love to sit down and talk to Mike about my path in life. He is preaching to the quire in my case.

[KeywordManagement]

As a teen, i was a certified welder, i built and fabricated many things. In my early 20’s, i became a technology nerd and have been behind a computer for nearly 30 years. I miss building things with my hands. I’m now looking for a property with a shop so i can tinker.

[turnipsucks]

I went to college and came out with debt. That college has since shut its door's and the degree was of little help for where I am today. Only thing I got from it was tenacity to stick through doing something I wasn't thrilled about. Listening to someone try to cram bs in my head.

[CarlDitrich]

Now we need a group that works with older workers that have lost their work and need to re-tool and still survive until they can work in their new field.

[LordDustinDeWynd]

Greetings and Salutations from Temple, Texas, USA!

[vinmartin]

Charlie, I haven't read your book, but i was a college professor for 33 years and I believe you are correct in saying that there are way too many people going to college who would be better off doing something else. There were quite a few students over those 33 years who came to my office seeking advice and I (quietly) told them i thought they would be better off doing something else, at least for a while.

[martypoll]

I’m a college educated engineer (1979). I had a great career at a US Department of Energy laboratory. I vividly remember my boss (PhD physics) showing me around on the first day. As we approached the machine shop he stopped and very seriously told me (in so many words), “These guys can make or break your career. Always pick up your jobs when you say you will pick them up. Show them respect.” I worked with the shops for 30 years. When they had crappy equipment these guys were artists. When they got numerically controlled machines they were pushing the envelope of complex machining. My first boss was right. In a workplace filled with highly educated people the trades got total respect whether you were an electrician, graphic artist, HR, or purchasing.

[lepetitpapillon]

Thank you for this particular show. There is more to life than a college degree. God bless.

[lanzo]

I was 19 i had already done 2 years in college and had no idea what i wanted to do with my life..i saw no future in what i was studying...and sitting still in lecture after lecture was sucking the soul and testosterone out my body..

My cousin who had been in the army for about 5 years instructed me...join the army..join the engineers as you figure out what to do with your life..

So i did..I joined the army, as an engineer..learned electrical engineering in the arrmy..traveled the world gained skills and got paid..one of the best decisions i made in my life..

Left the army after 5 years ..i realized what was important to me..
All those skills i learned in the army i still use today..and still an electrical engineer.

The military isn't right for everyone..but i still recommend it as an option for directionless young men.

[tylergoodgion]

Thanks so much for this! Been told a tech job wasn’t ever a bad thing, and having dropped out of college the jobs I enjoyed the most were working with my hands. Seeing progress and sitting back proud of the accomplishments and the process it took to create something.