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There are no shortcuts. There is no doubt the world needs plumbers, that it's a difficult job, and it takes some time to learn and acquire the experience to become an expert plumber.
With respect to education, if you look at the data, and study populations as a whole, and not just anecdotes, the correlation between a person's education level and lifetime earnings is pretty clear. This is also true with respect to less tangible things like happiness:
Does Education Make You Happy? - The New York Times
I stopped trusting the NY Times years ago.