A web-based calculator that helps users compare the long-term financial returns of different career education paths: 4-year university degrees, 2-year community college degrees, and apprenticeship programs.
Trading Up provides clear financial comparisons between three career preparation pathways:
- 4-year University Path
- 2-year Community College Path
- MAXX Apprenticeship Path
The calculator factors in:
- Tuition costs
- Starting salaries
- Earning potential over time
- Time to start earning
- Student debt implications
- Interactive input fields for customizing calculations
- Defaults based on national averages
- Real-time ROI visualization graph
- 10-year earnings projection
- Comparison of total costs and returns
- Mobile-responsive design
- React
- Tailwind CSS
- Vercel (deployment)
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/kimmahan/trading-up.git- Install dependencies:
cd trading-up
npm install- Start the development server:
npm run devThe application is deployed on Vercel with automatic deployments from the main branch.
Text content updates may occasionally fail during Vercel build process while still appearing correctly in the live application If you encounter build issues, check the Vercel deployment logs for details
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.