On 9/18/14, 3:17 PM, Manuel Muro wrote: > we need the modern day equivalent of the technician!
True...I believe that's what you used to get out of schools like Benson, and theoretically what you get out of DeVry and similar places. I don't know that there are good long-term career paths for people like that, though. I think you used to be able to spend your whole life machining (or even programming) and do more and more complex things (and have clients who wanted or needed those things). But now, companies have realized that it's more economical to build a business around 100% replaceable parts -- they don't want to have a 50-year-old genius machinist or programmer, because their business depends too critically on him/her. This is a double whammy for people who would otherwise be good candidates for technician: you won't be called upon to develop more and more skills, and you'll be replaced by some other modestly-skilled worker when your health insurance starts costing too much. And that'll be the end of your working life. Throw student debt into the mix and you have a clusterfuck -- and one for which no schools teach the critical reasoning necessary for people to understand and avoid. I don't know how to fix it, btw, but it's gonna be Interesting Times (in the Chinese curse sense) if people start paying more attention. -- Mersenne Law LLP · www.mersenne.com · +1-503-679-1671 - Small Business, Startup and Intellectual Property Law - 9600 S.W. Oak Street · Suite 500 · Tigard, Oregon 97223
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