I agree with you 100%, I did exactly that when i was 18 years old, just started working for a contractor and learned a trade while i was working, never paid a dime for school, now 27 years later and make 65 grand a year, the only problem is that most of the kids today are so dam lazy that they dont want to work a physically demanding job, we go though 6 helpers a month because they either just dont show up or complain all day about how hard the work is, skilled labor is always in demand