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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (427484)	10/17/2008 2:49:41 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1578288

"Of course if he did, or even if that was the whole of his work and he didn't have some other job, he still would be a plumber" He'd be an apprentice or helper. In the trades you generally don't get the title until you are at least a journeyman. Which brings up an interesting point. How can an apprentice make enough to buy a business that generates a profit of $250k a year or more? A master plumber, maybe. Worked hard and saved, maybe refi on the house. But, an apprentice?