Originally Posted by
johnybutts
It depends on the person. Will she use college? Is she more suited to a trade school? Military with GI Bill?
Did a super quick and dirty analysis. arbitrarily 25 years, 4 years of college @ 30k/yr, or 2 yr of trade @15k/yr, or military.
college starts @ 60k, 4% raises every year. trade starts @ 40k w/ 4% raises every year. military get paid 30k/yr while serving, jumps to 60k/yr after degree, 4% raises thereafter.
I'm definitely prejudiced, being retired military, but I believe going into the military between high school and college is a good path for someone not sure of what they want to do. It gives them life skills that work well in college and afterwards, and gives them experience with dealing with people they wouldn't normally associate with, including flaming ********. Profs tend to love vets, because when they give a task to be done by a certain time, it usually happens. It sure would've helped me!