Reply #29: Yeah, same shit we were fed back in the 80's. [View All]

[BiggJawn]

Factory jobs went away, so "Keypunch" and "Data Entry" jobs were supposed to be the new wave. Schools popped up like fucking weeds to teach these new desirable skills....For a PRICE.

I answered the call of the Technology Siren, and in 2 years I went from $6 an hour to $7 an hour.

20 years later, I would venture a guess that "adjusted for inflation", I'm actually making less than I was on the assembly line. I made about $16 an hour as a high school graduate then, I make $18 an hour now. With a Degree.

So what, now we're all supposed to go back to school and learn to be "Project Managers" (the latest "self-improvement" craze at my job)or something? Yeah, millions of Project Managers with no projects to manage. lots of fast-food joints, but no projects...

Alan Pondscum is a whore for his masters.