Thanks god I rejected that offer and went to tech. Most of my friends were laughing that I was taking computing science. They were making 90-130k in the trades.
Then the recession hit and most of them are now unemployed or have taken a huge paycut.
I feel bad for them since they took out a mortgage and a 70k truck. I'm not angry at them for making fun of my career. I just wish people would respect people's career choice.
Lots of good reviews in Norway though
Iranian-American: but I'm Iranian. Not Arab.
Execs: blank stares Same thing though right?
Happened. That said, I wouldn't expect one to experience any malice in a corporate Texas environment based on ethnicity or race. Rather, there's often a narrow perspective, in that they want you to be as Texan as possible, ideally an alumnus of their favorite Texas university, and stick to the norms, as opposed to say NYC where diverse experiences are appreciated more.
My response was: "Fine plan but don't think you'll just go make 100k after a couple years of trade school and not have any stresses!"
A few people showed me I was wrong about that but we were also living in Alberta while oil was still strong. Had my friend taken this path he likely wouldn't have made 100k for long if at all (until he had much more experience).
Anyway, point being, it's hard to go make decent money even though we all meet people who seem to do so with what seems like little effort. Lots of folks say they make good money but their interpretation of "good money" might be much different than the yours.