The cofounder of the $4.53 trillion AI chip giant says Americans should return to factory work—for their own prosperity and the country’s. Howard Lutnick claims technician roles can start at $90,000, no college degree required.
As someone with a factory job, I agree. Admittedly I have a degree, and I’m doing supply chain work in an office, but a 75k setup machinist or CNC programmer job is pretty good compared to spending 100 grand in student loans to make 75K as an office drone.
I wouldn’t advise anyone drop out of medical school to run a packaging line in a factory, but there are a lot of people who do pretty well. You land in a union shop or an ESOP and you can make real money.
As someone with a factory job, I agree. Admittedly I have a degree, and I’m doing supply chain work in an office, but a 75k setup machinist or CNC programmer job is pretty good compared to spending 100 grand in student loans to make 75K as an office drone.
I wouldn’t advise anyone drop out of medical school to run a packaging line in a factory, but there are a lot of people who do pretty well. You land in a union shop or an ESOP and you can make real money.