Big problem making a statement that there is “no such thing as no job security” becasue you don’t have to look very far to find a few professions that do have job security. Then you continue to look and there are a lot of profession with job security. My fatehr worked for the governemtn and has an inflation adjusted pension that pays him 70% of his highest 3 years salary for the rest of his life. My brother is a police officer and they have a very strong Union. My cousing just left a 90K job as an operating engineer to join the fire department becaue of the job stability and pension.
These jobs are not going to make you a millionaire immediately but you are certainly not worried about outsourcing.
By the way Nassua, Suffolk Police officers in New York with overtime were doing 150 a year. So much for needing a college degree.
Uhh, earth to Raybyrnes. Those are all taxpayer subsidized jobs. Who the F*** do you think is paying their salaries???????? ME!! and the other guys in the private sectors that don’t have job security!!! I guess we should all work for the gov’t…oh but wait that would be communism now wouldn’t it.
y the way Nassua, Suffolk Police officers in New York with overtime were doing 150 a year. So much for needing a college degree.
Big deal. Dock workers can make that much too. And subway token collectors make about $70k. And strippers probably do about a few hundred/night. What's your point?
Personally I don't have an issue with a cop making $150k/year. Folks like cops put there life on their line. I surely wouldn't want to do that personally.
If you don't want a college degree, sure go right ahead. I would say college gets you in as much as opening more doors. What one does thereafter is completely up to that person. Sure, if you think you're bill gates, you don't need to go to college. The problem is most people are average. They aren't the type that can go off and do whatever and do well, because they are just that AVERAGE. Hhow many americans are really bill gates? Wishful thinking at best. Folks want to skip school and be a moron and close doors that possibly would have been open for them because they were lazy or don't want to try, well that's there choice. But then don't complain about doing lowly work that gets outsourced or how things aren't "affordable.
Again, I'm not trying to say that there's no job security, panic panic panic. But reality is there are no guarentees in life. And I'm not sure how "college education" got involved in this thread. But it really irks me (no offense Raybarnes) when i see the "you'd be better off not going to college" syndrome. Sure, if people want to do that, that's their choice. Years down the road, don't complain with missed opportunities. The lack of education is one of our nation's probably imho. College isn't a prereq to being successful or a guarentee, or well off, but it definitely increases your chances. Judging by the median household income, more americans would be better off being an engineering grut in some cases.
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