Thinking of additional training and wondering what to pursue. Thanks for your thoughts.
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Trades, like electrician, plumber, construction, etc. And anything computer related.
I chose programmer in the 80s and it paid off for a while. However, US corporations always go for the low cost solution and therefore outsourced high paying programmer positions as often as possible. Even though I saw what was happening, I had no choice but to train my replacements. Eventually, the younger, less expensive folks win. Now with AI, their days are numbered too.
On the flip side, my buddy who barely made it through high school chose to be a plumber and he built a company that is worth millions today.
With that in mind, I think that we need to reconsider the value of skilled trades.
Exactly what Google has done too.
Record breaking profits y/y. Recently outsourced cloud engineering and support teams to overseas to "save money".
no choice?????? you could have left. my buddy mike is a 6 figures programmer and his whole company knows if they so much as change his thermostat off 65 degrees he will fucking ghost and instantly cripple their entire organization for a fixed amount of time and return with demands.
His employment contract dictates HIS terms to THEM.
Must be nice. That wasn't my situation. I definitely had more pull with the companies that I worked for than non-programmers, but I don't own multiple houses, a boat, and a helicopter like my plumber friend does. As long as he stays the course, he'll continue to prosper.
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Dude I could literally take your story as my own. We took nearly identical career paths. I administer Oracle Solaris and Databases now.
Great info. Thanks for posting that.
Become a prepper lol