Testimonials

"I advise families. One of my big complaints is the emphasis on college degrees for fields where they aren't necessary, and turning high school diplomas into "college prep" diplomas. A high school diploma should mean you know enough to be put out in the world. It should not need to mean you are ready to go to college, because college in not the right path for everyone - nor should it be. Our society needs to rediscover respect and admiration for people who work with their hands, because we sure need these jobs done, and done well! Thank you for your website."
- Meredith, Newton, MA

"This makes a ton of sense!"
- Guy, Franklin, MA

"As a Newton resident I was very excited to see the article on Mr. Lamacchia in the Boston Globe Sunday last week. Although, I am not cut out for manual-type-labor, I think that this website is so important. I agree that people in today's schools are too easily pigeonholed and pushed too hard into a white collar world, even when it's not what they want or need! "Blue collar" itself seems like a falsely damning term, wrongly associated with so many negative things. It is about time that someone stood up in support of the men and women who keep our country running on a day-to-day basis. So congrats on the drive, determination and heart that it takes to do the work you're doing (the business AND the website)!!!
- Erin, Newton, MA

"Thank you for building a website about the
people who really built this country!"
- Bonnie, Erie, PA

"I was so impressed with the story of your success and your web site that I wrote an email about it to my three sons that included a link to your web site."
- Andy, Webster, NY

"Hey Joe, I saw your story on the news last night here in Michigan and thought it was phenomenal!"
- Damon, Ravenna, MI

"I am a teacher in the school-to-career program in Baltimore County, Maryland and have been looking for information like this to share with my students. Thank you for your work!"
- Jennifer, Timonium, MD

"I thought your article was phenomenal!"
- Diane, Newton, MA

"For over 10 years I have preached the exact same objectives of you site. I am a high school industrial arts teacher. I fight administration constantly to get them to realize the fact that high tech is for some but most of our students are "doers"- hands on. As schools struggle to offer classes such as the ones I teach, I need only to remind myself that I'll have a job out in the real world doing what I have taught for years. Again, THANK YOU for bringing awareness to this issue!"
- Adam, Springfield, OH

"I thought your ad was very interesting. Now, I would like to get a blue collar job and be proud of it too!"
- William, Alexandria, PA

"You have a very interesting site and an excellent message! I often wonder why I never pursued opening my own company in the service arena. I did the college route and then some. I even have a degree in business (which I footed myself), whatever the degree means. Fortunately, I am still in my early thirties, but I definitely need to make a change!"
- Erik, Potomac Falls, VA

"I must say this site is great! Not many people in your position would go this far to express his pride and assist others with advice and encouragement. You indeed should be proud!"
- Jim, Orchard Park, NY

"I owe student loans and have a great degree in Finance, maybe not top notch, but a degree. I have a very stable, if doing work correctly, ok paying, secure job. Then I see the blue collar worker, doing things that I would rather do. Now I am fine with making ok money, but I just wish I was doing something that made me happy."
-Justin, Boston, MA