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Train driver in the uk. Thanks to the unions the pay is really decent. The average base salary of a London tube driver is £55000
Start a little business – tree trimming, lawn work, landscaping. My brother didn’t go to college. Barely finished high-school. Started helping neighbors with little jobs like that (we had a bunch of older people in the neighborhood and they knew he was a good person). Then he bought better mower, then a truck, started to branch out, hired some people. Now he is doing very well and I am super proud of my younger brother. I hope he is more successful than me in the end because he has a heart of gold (unlike me)
Amazed I didn’t see it. A welder pays well, you can usually learn on the job, many companies have training programs for this. Acquire skills in mig, tig and stick welding. You can improve and become a shipyard welder or for skyscrapers(if you can handle heights). Some of this will be more automated in the future, but there’s a lot that will not be.
Construction also pays well, some have programs to send you for training on the large equipment.
It also depends where you live for comfortable living. Area about 45 minutes north of me is hiring 18/hr at Uline (they make plastic bags and such). That’s to start many make way more than that with end of year bonuses split between all employees not just sales and management.
At the end, look around in your area and see what you can find. There is always a job that will pay well.
Real estate agent: becoming a real estate agent is easy and can be very profitable, I know many people that have transferred to real estate after being laid off or leaving their former jobs and are now doing better than before.