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So what do you recommend they do? We can't all be programmers.
by ffrryuu 13y ago
So what do you recommend they do? We can't all be programmers.
- ye 13y agoThere are only a few options I see for them 1) Give up and work for a shitty job, until it gets automated, then go homeless and hope the government keeps them alive 2) Learn new marketable skills and get a job. You're right, we can't all be programmers, but we can be nurses, car mechanics, accountants, pilots, welders, plumbers, farmers, etc. 3) Start a small business. Many successful small businesses are literally as stupid as "buy wholesale, sell retail". Many have very low barriers to entry, like making ice cream.
- dinkumthinkum 13y agoYour number 2 is silly and it makes it hard for me to take you seriously. If those are the jobs you think students should go towards, which exactly are the dead end jobs you speak of?
- ye 13y agoAll the jobs I listed, apart from nursing, are well paid. Nursing is more for people who like to help/save other people, and it's a noble profession in my mind.
- hmsimha 13y agoIIRC farming is notoriously underpaid, but I believe you are right about the rest.
- ye 13y agoWell, there is "working on a farm", which is not paid well. And then there's growing things and selling them, which is usually very profitable, and lands you all kinds of government subsidies, depending on where you are and what you're growing.
- dinkumthinkum 13y agoReally? This is your plan for grads? I'm somewhat underwhelmed by this grand solution, just saying ...
- ye 13y agoIt's not a plan, it's an option, one of many. I have two degrees in IT-related fields, and I'm fascinated by modern farming. If you're not familiar, I recommend checking it out.