Re:The Nigerian professor who makes more money welding
by signatoremo on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @11:28PM
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Aren’t you also extrapolating “your limited experience from a tiny part of the world to everything“?
Re:The Nigerian professor who makes more money welding
by arp242 on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @11:55PM
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"parts of Europe (can't speak for all of it)"
Re:The Nigerian professor who makes more money welding
by jacquesm on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @12:43AM
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The number of times I've had remarks about the state of my hands / fingers / nails... yes, I always answer: these hands are used.
Real world skills are highly underrated in developed societies.
Re:The Nigerian professor who makes more money welding
by hilux on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @12:59AM
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Tangentially related: I notice that in some EU countries, and the UK, people can skip universities, go into the trades, and do very well in "white collar professions" or in politics.
That's much less common in the US.
Re:The Nigerian professor who makes more money welding
by renewiltord on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @02:50AM
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The world can be as large as it wants to be. But there’s a reason this forum came to be in the Bay Area and not in god knows where else.
I don't really know about Nigeria, but certainly in parts of Europe (can't speak for all of it) stigma against these kind of more tech-oriented occupations is very real. Even for software devs by the way.
Don't extrapolate your limited experience from a tiny part of the world to everything. Your experience and SF ironworker friends mean bugger all for most of us.