Re:High-School Shop Students Attract Skilled-Trades Job Offers
by kevinventullo on Sunday May 11, 2025 @04:09PM
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“Paying one’s dues” has a very different connotation to me than “Learning a skill.” The former suggests a tenure-based system of seniority and pay scales, rather than a meritocratic system based on skill level and actual output.
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Re:High-School Shop Students Attract Skilled-Trades Job Offers
by ghaff on Sunday May 11, 2025 @04:57PM
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To me it just says you'll make less for a period while learning the ropes. I suppose there are situations where you need to be spending the time to empty the trashcans but I don't take it that way.
Re:High-School Shop Students Attract Skilled-Trades Job Offers
by esseph on Sunday May 11, 2025 @08:15PM
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Skilled trades are physical, not software. They're not simulations. Iterations and experience require actual time.
Call it whatever you will, but you're only getting the experience by spending a large amount of time and cycles.
Signed, son of a carpenter than did 30+ years and then taught it to underprivileged youth.