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[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 hours ago

I don't think going to school prevents you from transitioning into a management role, nor does it seem to have prevented you from obtaining a career in the industry.

I don't think it's necessarily fair to blame your degree for a lack of management positions, you could always transition into management like others have done. I don't think those others got hired into management specifically because they didn't have a degree, or because they were high school dropouts. It's entirely possible they only got into their roles through nepotism, which would have nothing to do with a degree or a lack of a degree anyway.

With that said, yeah, the money being made in the trades by business owners... yeah, that would have been nice, but even then there's no guarantees that everyone can start their own successful business and make well into 6 figures and beyond.