Re:A labor market conundrum: Skilled and high-paying blue-co...
by d-sc on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @03:06PM
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As someone who has been surrounded by blue collar workers growing up. (Live on Farm and parents ran construction company). I would tend to agree with the quote. I am sophomore in college and it would appear that friends in high school who skipped out on college and are working now are economically and socially farther ahead in life than most of my classmates in college.
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Re:A labor market conundrum: Skilled and high-paying blue-co...
by zzalpha on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @03:23PM
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I am sophomore in college and it would appear that friends in high school who skipped out on college and are working now are economically and socially farther ahead in life than most of my classmates in college.
You're a sophomore. That makes you, what... 21? It's a bit early to be coming to conclusions about relative success. At that age, they could be managing a gas station and would appear to be "economically further ahead."
The tortoise and the hare spring to mind. Wait ten years and then see how you're all doing.
Re:A labor market conundrum: Skilled and high-paying blue-co...
by crispyambulance on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @03:29PM
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Give it a few years. There are exceptions, but for the most part those friends who never made it to college are going to be in dead-end or precarious jobs for much of their working lives. Some of your college buddies will too, but not nearly as many.