I did an apprenticeship in software engineering in Switzerland. Afterwards I did not go to university.
My experience was positive. I did not make a lot of money during my apprenticeship but that was before I was 20 years old and still lived at home.
Since then I make the same as others with bachelor/masters degree in the same company. Though at the beginning my salary was quite a bit lower.
The jobs I can take are also somewhat limited, since I won't be hired for a machine learning job that requires lots of math.
Still, I barely had the grades for my apprenticeship and I also barely made it through. So ultimately if it wasn't for my apprenticeship I probably would have an office job that is much more boring.
My experience was positive. I did not make a lot of money during my apprenticeship but that was before I was 20 years old and still lived at home.
Since then I make the same as others with bachelor/masters degree in the same company. Though at the beginning my salary was quite a bit lower.
The jobs I can take are also somewhat limited, since I won't be hired for a machine learning job that requires lots of math.
Still, I barely had the grades for my apprenticeship and I also barely made it through. So ultimately if it wasn't for my apprenticeship I probably would have an office job that is much more boring.