Yes, because apprenticeships are the cheat code to career success. You get paid (hooray), you avoid student debt (double hooray), and you actually have a job at the end (triple hooray, with confetti). Just don’t expect a CEO salary on day one—you’ll start somewhere between “café budget” and “decent night out.” But after a few years, you’ll be laughing all the way to the bank, or at least to a slightly better bank than your broke friends.
So, do you get paid? Yes, and it’s real money. Not Monopoly money, not exposure, not a coupon for a free sandwich. Real, taxable, buy-your-own-house-one-day money. Now go apply, but first, maybe buy this article’s author a coffee. I accept cash—no apprenticeships required.