What do you think about learning a trade? Better than going to college?

I've been thinking about this for a long time. I graduated History, studied Archivism, but I wonder what other path I should have gone. I wanted to become a software engineer, but I don't have the talent nor the money to study. I wonder if I should go learn another skill or a trade like pulmbing, construction or electricity. I can't work in retail, everytime I go there it makes me suiכidal.