Young Americans Finding Career Paths off the Conventional College Track, Helping Rebuild the Industrial Heartland
The host of ‘Dirty Jobs,’ Mike Rowe, is encouraging young people to look to the trades to keep our roads, bridges, cars, and national security humming.

JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania — Alex Bambino, 21, is the son of two educators. He’s busy working, welding a piece of material that will be used on a heavily armored military vehicle when finished. Despite two college-educated parents, who teach at the local Cambrian County schools, he wanted nothing to do with college following high school.
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