 I recommend that everyone does an apprenticeship. It was a great opportunity that I didn't really think about when I was in high school. The apprenticeship program at IBM was really the vector to achieving my dreams. What I love about the program is that I can apply what I learned in class in my job every day. I was able to learn the technical skills about user experience and gain a certificate for it as well as professionally develop myself. I was on the job learning, actually participating in classes that mattered in my field. Thanks to that I'm a homeowner at the age of 25. To me apprenticeship means seizing your learning and seizing your life.