Comments on: Jobs Nobody Want http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/01/21/jobs-nobody-want/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Mockinbird http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/01/21/jobs-nobody-want/comment-page-1/#comment-74280 Mockinbird Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:02:01 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/01/21/jobs-nobody-want/#comment-74280 It's bad. College culture may have something to do with it. It's easier to major in Poli Sci than Engineering. Easier to go for Communications than Mathematics. I nearly broke my brain getting through Microeconomics (B.S. Economics), but I didn't want to work for $8000 a year. It’s bad.
College culture may have something to do with it.
It’s easier to major in Poli Sci than Engineering.
Easier to go for Communications than Mathematics.
I nearly broke my brain getting through Microeconomics (B.S. Economics),
but I didn’t want to work for $8000 a year.

]]> By: feeblemind http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/01/21/jobs-nobody-want/comment-page-1/#comment-74244 feeblemind Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:40:52 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/01/21/jobs-nobody-want/#comment-74244 Right after I got out of college in the late 70s, I had a boss who told me that if he could start over, he would be a machinist. They were in short supply in the 70s. Right after I got out of college in the late 70s, I had a boss who told me that if he could start over, he would be a machinist. They were in short supply in the 70s.

]]> By: chuck http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/01/21/jobs-nobody-want/comment-page-1/#comment-74226 chuck Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:06:02 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/01/21/jobs-nobody-want/#comment-74226 The small machine shops around here have been scrambling for machinists for several years. I see lots of young folks in local construction, but machining takes training, equipment, experience, and even some math. In other words, it takes preparation and young folks need to have an educational path into the field. I suspect that modern education kinda misses the whole industrial field. Where are the machinists in Sesame Street? Reminds me of a story about a gunsmith who was looking for an apprentice. He was a high end gunsmith, never lacked for work, and made excellent money, but couldn't find any young people interested in taking up the profession. Somehow, young people have been raised to expect that work will just appear, as if it has no connection to what underpins the economy. When I first got to college in the 60's I noticed that the School of Mines didn't actually train mining engineers. It was at that point that I realized that heavy industry in this country was headed into history. The small machine shops around here have been scrambling for machinists for several years. I see lots of young folks in local construction, but machining takes training, equipment, experience, and even some math. In other words, it takes preparation and young folks need to have an educational path into the field. I suspect that modern education kinda misses the whole industrial field. Where are the machinists in Sesame Street?

Reminds me of a story about a gunsmith who was looking for an apprentice. He was a high end gunsmith, never lacked for work, and made excellent money, but couldn’t find any young people interested in taking up the profession. Somehow, young people have been raised to expect that work will just appear, as if it has no connection to what underpins the economy.

When I first got to college in the 60′s I noticed that the School of Mines didn’t actually train mining engineers. It was at that point that I realized that heavy industry in this country was headed into history.

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