Reply #4: Auto Mechanics!!!!!!

[TreasonousBastard]

No, I'm not kidding.

Good Mercedes techs make well over $100,000 around here, and everyone else is screaming for mechanics, so you can pretty well write your own ticket. No one knows how long it's going to last, but if you're good, you can always find work.

For some reason, that mass of motorheads that used to occupy service bays has dried up, and everyone's looking for help. Dealers are financing the local VoTech schools around here just to have some new meat come down the pike.

And, it's the sort of thing that you can't outsource to India.

Aircraft maintenance, I mean general aviation--private jets, is another one that seems to be booming, and if you're trained to work on a jet, you should be able to find something someone will pay you to fix if that goes sour.