Re: Jobless American: 'Govt denied MY family welfare but GAVE it to lying Mexicans'


"R. Pierce Butler" <spamsucks@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Xns96F8E3522E8FBmc2500183316chgoill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> "Ed Cregger" <ecregger@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> news:djh1hb02v0a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>
>>
>> "R. Pierce Butler" <spamsucks@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:Xns96F88FAF66881mc2500183316chgoill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Humma Kavula <hkavula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>> news:co4nl15vfut8grk8laeq4r6nifir68qts1@xxxxxxx:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 10:29:28 -0600, Chas let slip this dark secret:
>>>>
>>>>>And, that education is costing their parents *thousands*, or you.
>>>>>Even trying to borrow money to go to school has become much harder
>>>>>over the last ten years- much less finding an entry-level job to
>>>>>support oneself whilst in school.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.comics.com/editoons/stahler/
>>>>
>>>
>>> Why is it the kids in college are making 65k per year before they
>>> graduate and once they graduate they are making even more? In what
>>> fields you ask? Software engineering, IT management, and IT
>>> engineering.
>>>
>>
>> I have a nephew in those fields. He is scared to death that outsourcing
>> will increase and that he won't be able to keep up the mortgage and
>> student loan payments when his job relocates to India. I wonder if there
>> are any employment safe havens these days.
>>
>> I get the feeling that this is going to be a permanent situation
>> (changing careers throughout a lifetime)? Then again, when I look back
>> on my working life, it has happened to me repeatedly. Can't see the
>> forest for the trees. <G>
>>
>> Ed Cregger
>>
>>
>
> There are no guarantees in life. I changed careers serveral times. Heavy
> Equipment Mechanic, Locomotive electrician, two way radio tech, tv/vcr
> tech, biomed tech, Chief Engineer TV station, asst chief at another, Unix
> Admin, Network Engineer, and finally IT Security Specialist. One has to
> be
> flexible.
>
> pierce
>


Yeah, I know. Me too, especially the mechanic and radio technician parts.
Toss in draftsman, outside salesman and life insurance agent and you've
pretty much got me down pat.

Remember the old "displaced person" question at the unemployment agency?
They started that back in the seventies. That was the kind of expression
that was used in lieu of saying that your job was moved overseas, or that it
no longer existed because of technological advances.

When you have a father and a father-in-law that both retired nearly non stop
from Dupont, it is difficult to convince them that the company they loved so
much had changed into another temp hiring company - we owe you nothing -
company. That's cool if you are a college educated professional, but a non
college graduate needs a pension, a good health plan, etc. Those days appear
to be gone forever. I hope I'm wrong.

Fortunately, I'm retired with a good income and health insurance. But I get
gloomy when I think of the young'uns out there. Like that will help anything
at all.

Ed Cregger


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Jobless American: Govt denied MY family welfare but GAVE it to lying Mexicans
    ... >> graduate and once they graduate they are making even more? ... Software engineering, IT management, and IT ... Equipment Mechanic, Locomotive electrician, two way radio tech, tv/vcr ... tech, biomed tech, Chief Engineer TV station, asst chief at another, Unix ...
    (rec.motorcycles)
  • Re: uh-ah (more bashing of "skills shortage")
    ... what is the purpose of college? ... It soon became apparent to me that I was only supposed to teach "to the numbers" so that the students obtained sufficiently acceptable credentials in order to become gainfully employed. ... graduates will find a "good career" but I know that in science (and to at least some degree in engineeering [based on some studies and a few friends whose kids getting engineering degrees who looked for but never got an engineering job) a lot do not get good careers and even those who get jobs eventually become part of the attrition, either voluntarily or involuntarily. ... I also know prof's who always seem to get the best graduate students. ...
    (sci.research.careers)
  • Re: Its a good thing...
    ... I wasn't referring to the ranking of GT's graduate program. ... Georgia Tech's College of Engineering is ... engineering graduates at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels. ... with, undergraduate ATHLETIC admissions standards, and b.) ...
    (rec.sport.baseball.college)
  • Re: NBC: Is United States really falling behind in science?
    ... college seniors expecting to graduate this spring are set. ... Recruiters are reportedly fighting for space at campus career fairs, ... salaries offered so far are on the rise, with chemical engineering, ...
    (rec.music.artists.springsteen)
  • Re: The Psychology of Responding to Crackpots
    ... >> It is trivial to graduate in the top 10% of your class. ... >college graduate has an average IQ. ... But I have real programming performance credentials provided ...
    (sci.logic)
Loading