Re:A generation of American men give up on college
by sjg007 on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @11:27AM
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We can’t all be plumbers.. college is worth it. You get access to technology. For computers it was that way until the 90s when you could get access outside of universities. All of the front end JavaScript web apps will be replaced with automation and drag and drop UIs. This will let some people scale but all those code academy kids will need to find new skills.
Re:A generation of American men give up on college
by rgrieselhuber on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @11:41AM
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Computer Science graduates have done well and will continue to do well, although figuring out a post-40s career strategy is a huge necessity. Other fields, other than the specialties? Many will continue to suffer, IMO.
Re:A generation of American men give up on college
by sjg007 on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @12:01PM
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Where does this post 40s mean come from? I mean, seriously... it makes no sense.
Re:A generation of American men give up on college
by wing-_-nuts on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @01:14PM
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Ageism. Yes, there are 50 year old devs that are on the cutting edge of their field, and still doing well, but by 40 you're looked at with increased skepticism if you haven't made your way into management
There was this pervading "common sense" that if you didn't go to college, you weren't going to be able to attract the kind of spouse that you wanted, or that you would somehow be looked down on in the reproductive market. The smart ones figured out that this was actually a handy way to filter out superficial candidates.
Fast forward 25 years, and I see many middle-aged men who are dissatisfied with their corporate lives but haven't build any income potential in something other than corporate America, so they are stuck in jobs that are increasingly subject to the pressures of globalism, etc.