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posted 11 hours ago by Prof_Chaos on scored.co (+0 / -0 / +11Score on mirror )
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Prof_Chaos on scored.co
11 hours ago 5 points (+0 / -0 / +5Score on mirror ) 1 child
# For context, $60k/year is Ivy League money!

And the automotive field is LOSING techs because greedy dealerships won't pay them enough. Ford's CEO has practically admitted it. The only guys making $100k+ are master techs, managers and guys working for commercial operations where their machines are mission critical. Nobody's earning $100k changing oil and brakes. And more to my point, we DO NOT need any more plumbers or mechanics. We need bankers and lawyers. They're the ones that in position to make institutional changes. We need administrators to infiltrate this damn system.

Why are we being told to be content with changing the oil on enemy's Bentley or installing his air conditioner?
PrayFor110 on scored.co
3 hours ago 0 points (+0 / -0 )
There’s no way $60k/year is Ivy League money in today’s economy. Hell, the median income in the US is $61k/yr as of 2024.

That said, I have a “trade” job (Paramedic) and make about $82k/yr base and will end up well north of $100k this year with OT. This is with an Associates degree, but that isn’t even doing anything for my pay as medic is just a technical diploma by itself and my employer doesn’t require or incentivize the degree at all.
AngeredKabar on scored.co
10 hours ago 2 points (+0 / -0 / +2Score on mirror ) 1 child
lol I got a job in a factory as an electrician and my base pay is over 80k.

Car mechanic is the best job retards can get
Prof_Chaos on scored.co
10 hours ago 3 points (+0 / -0 / +3Score on mirror ) 1 child
> in a factory

Like I said, the only guys making real money are working for commercial operations with "mission critical" infrastructure. These are the guy who keep the lights on, the trucks and trains running, etc. The guys doing consumer/ residential work aren't making any real money. Their employers are, but the guys doing the real work aren't.
AngeredKabar on scored.co
8 hours ago 0 points (+0 / -0 ) 1 child
I’m not even in a mission critical industry.

It IS highly reliant on automation however and I have a decade of experience in maintaining automated equipment.
Prof_Chaos on scored.co
8 hours ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror )
I say "mission critical" in so far as operations. A factory without proper wiring or no power is a very expensive thing. Not shipping out whatever your factory makes and holding up all those trucks is a very expensive thing. Fucking up your clients production lines is a very expensive thing.

So yeah, I'm sure your employer thinks keeping the lights on and the power flowing is "mission critical" to them.
bobbacringo on scored.co
5 hours ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror )
Trade school is completely unnecessary.
AnotherAlt on scored.co
8 hours ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror ) 1 child
Certifications is where its at, crane operator, forklift, heavy equipment, commercial license, etc.
Prof_Chaos on scored.co
6 hours ago 2 points (+0 / -0 / +2Score on mirror )
I'm inclined to agree. Jobs where you need a "license" of sorts where some bum can't walk off the street and take your job.

Then again, look at what's happened to trucking. 🙄
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ShekelJa on scored.co
5 hours ago 0 points (+0 / -0 ) 1 child
One actually teaches valuable and relevant skills.
Prof_Chaos on scored.co
4 hours ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror )
... made inaccessible by charging the same insane tuitions.

For the same money, I'd rather be an accountant who drives a used Porsche than a smelly plumber with back problems.
Dfalt on scored.co
1 hour ago 0 points (+0 / -0 )
Anybody with half a brain could've seen this coming
WeedleTLiar on scored.co
14 minutes ago 0 points (+0 / -0 )
Lol, trade schools were *always* a scam. Just go and apprentice. Electrical or plumbing arn't exactly rocket science.
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