Snowflake proof job

[nmkid]

My grandson says he doesn't like the trades. He says he's going to be a radiologist. The trades aren't for everybody.

 

[243Lapua]

So sad. We are also experiencing this millennial phenomenon with federal officers working with CBP. Literally they will just tell you that they don't want to work. They hate shift work. Its to hard. The heat is to muchNo common sense. And they don't last and leave. We had a officer doing an inspection, found a firearm hidden in a vehicle and decides to return it to the traveler, not even checking if it was loaded. DHS is hiring kids with no experience in a dangerous environment.

 

[garandman]

My grandson says he doesn't like the trades. He says he's going to be a radiologist. The trades aren't for everybody.

I would consider radiology a "trade." As in, not a desk job... working with technology with your hands. "Trades" doesn't mean "high school dropout / failed at everything else.

Is he going into a 4 year program at college / university?

 

[garandman]

My most deadly question.
Whats 1-7/8 +13/16?
Heres a pencil and paper.
Most people cant even roll up a garden hose.

Easy.... 1-27/16. Did it in me head.

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

My nephew(17) called me(knows to call me, not text) asking me to fix alternator on his 2002 sport trac. He has always said he wants to be able to work on own vehicle. So I picked up a used alternator, at the BIL house I pulled out tool box and told him "I will watch and answer questions, you will always learn more and quicker by doing." 1/2 hour later we were done, he was very happy said "once you learn how to use tools repairs aren't scary". On the test drive he asked me how much the part was, paid me for it(has a pizza shop job)and asked if I wanted gas money for coming and helping. Some can still learn.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

When i was a lad in texas we had a class called “math of money”. It was a required class to graduate and taught you stuff like writing checks/balancing checkbooks, figuring interest, calculating compound interest, how different monies are valued against the dollar, etc. they cant even count change back right to the cash guys like me

 

[Ledd Slinger]

My most deadly question.
Whats 1-7/8 +13/16?
Heres a pencil and paper.
Most people cant even roll up a garden hose.

Lol. I've had to use the metric system a lot while working international assignments for the last 5 years. I'm really starting to realize just how difficult Amersican standard system is. Lol. Definitely need to know metric these days. All automobiles are metric now, even the vehicles built in the USA, and a lot more things are following suit.

Metric is so easy to convert one way or the other mathematically. The hard part to adjust to is my visualization when guessing the size of an item in the proper metric unit. I'm getting there tho

 

[JMayo]

To put your whole life into something then have the loss of mobility ... This made me wish I had balanced my skills to cover more mental skills.
I was oil/gas field then Casino. EVERYTHING I know depended on walking, standing all day.

 

[PatMiles]

pay off $100 - 250K in debt. Win - win - win.

The $100 - $250K debt is a huge part of the problem. Most kids today are to lazy to work their way through college. They want to do it the easy way and just apply, apply,apply for loans and grants. They are not smart enough to look several years into the future and see that they will be strapped with having to pay back said grants and loans with interest accruing daily. When this reality comes crashing down on them they start trying to figure out ways to avoid paying back the loans altogether.
And then there is the other gorilla in the room... spending the loan money on a worthless degree such as ceramics or a degree in Native American Lifestyles (remember her?).
But let's put the blame where it REALLY belongs...the parents of the students!
WE HAVE RAISED A GENERATION OF IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[rr2030]

I agree the trades are a great career, except auto mechanics. For years I have discouraged bright young people with the aptitude necessary to become a great tech, from perusing auto mechanics. I have spent 40 years in dealerships, indy's before that. Three years of trade school, ASE maester Mechanic, ASE Master Machinist, GM master in 10 categories, BMW master mechanic, smog license etc, I could go on but you get the idea. In all this time I have never generated more than two weeks of vacation or a single paid sick day. The money and satisfaction is just not there. In 2004 my flat rate was $28.85 per hour, I was flagging 250+ hours every two weeks. In 2018 my flat rate was $34.00 per hour and I was struggling to flag 80 hours every two weeks. Only one tech did any better than I on hours, his flat rate was less than mine. Now we are discussing autonomous vehicles, it's happening now, I cant wait to see Juan and Julio diagnose and repair them. OK to learn mechanics, just don't pursue it as a career any more. But what the hell do I know...........

More here, long read.

 

[garandman]

Lol. I've had to use the metric system a lot while working international assignments for the last 5 years. I'm really starting to realize just how stupid Amersican standard system is. Lol. Definitely need to know metric these days. All automobiles are metric now, even the vehicles built in the USA, and a lot more things are following suit.

Metric is so easy to convert one way or the other mathematically. The hard part to adjust to is my visualization when guessing the size of an item in the proper metric unit. I'm getting there tho

Its not stupid. Its just dfferent. Both methods very effectively accompish the same exact goal.

Its questionable to describe what we do not "prefer" as "stupid."

 

[Ledd Slinger]

When i was a lad in texas we had a class called “math of money”. It was a required class to graduate and taught you stuff like writing checks/balancing checkbooks, figuring interest, calculating compound interest, how different monies are valued against the dollar, etc. they cant even count change back right to the cash guys like me

That's so funny because my son and I went to the dive thru at Arbys yesterday. The total was $18.25. I dont like change or $1 bills.
I told my son "you wanna see a fast food worker have a short circuit in their brain?...watch this." When we got to the window, I handed the lady $23.25 in cash. As predicted, she counted it and said "sir you gave me too much money!"
I said "I know, just punch the amount in on your cash register and give me the change."
She was shaking her head like I was an idiot as she punched it in...Then suddenly her eyes lit up when she saw the change due and said "I knew it! I just knew that's what you were doing. I just had to mention you gave me too much just in case".
I said, "uh huh..thanks" As we pulled away, I turned to my son and said "She didnt have a clue what I was doing and that's why she works at Arby's "

 

[garandman]

The $100 - $250K debt is a huge part of the problem. Most kids today are to lazy to work their way through college.

My parents helped, but I worked every single week of both my bachelors and masters degrees.

Kindest thing my parents ever did for me is requiring me to work.

 

[Twicepop]

If the "snowflakes" come to be in charge, no job will be safe from these demented wierdos. The want to shut all semblences of modern life with no viable alternative methods to replace them. These freaks are taking a "full steam ahead" approach to push us firmly into 15th century.

 

[PatMiles]

My parents helped, but I worked every single week of both my bachelors and masters degrees.

Kindest thing my parents ever did for me is requiring me to work.

A twofer...learning the value of work and squirting out the far end debt free.
WHAT A COUPLE OF NOVEL CONCEPTS!!!!

 

[PatMiles]

and that's why she works at Arby's "

And will be until she drops dead. Working at Arbys will NEVER allow her to retire.

 

[DirtySteve]

The total was $18.25. I dont like change or $1 bills. "

If you don't like dollar bills, then what do you give strippers? Speaking of which there is a job for the millenial girls..

Since retiring I have learned block laying skills. I refuse to say masonry because what I did lacks the perfection of a true mason... Let me tell you masonry skills are something a kid these days will never turn too... Oh my aching back... As a police officer in a major city I made over 80K plus medical and dental benefits... In the last several years we can not find enough qualified applicants to replace those retiring. The department was forced to start hiring overtime officers to meet minimum staffing. Some officers were working doubles three nights a week, boy et me tell you that increased their paychecks.....! Seem todays youth frowns upon fighting with suspects, getting spit on, cussed at and dealing with urine soaked bums...

By the why I have my PHD.. Post Hole Digger.... Like my neighbor says, "The only thing that kept me out of college was High School...

 

[garandman]

A twofer...learning the value of work and squirting out the far end debt free.
WHAT A COUPLE OF NOVEL CONCEPTS!!!!

Technically, I graduated undergrad with about $3k in debt. First debt of my life. It felt like a million !

 

[Shrek]

I agree the trades are a great career, except auto mechanics. For years I have discouraged bright young people with the aptitude necessary to become a great tech, from perusing auto mechanics. I have spent 40 years in dealerships, indy's before that. Three years of trade school, ASE maester Mechanic, ASE Master Machinist, GM master in 10 categories, BMW master mechanic, smog license etc, I could go on but you get the idea. In all this time I have never generated more than two weeks of vacation or a single paid sick day. The money and satisfaction is just not there. In 2004 my flat rate was $28.85 per hour, I was flagging 250+ hours every two weeks. In 2018 my flat rate was $34.00 per hour and I was struggling to flag 80 hours every two weeks. Only one tech did any better than I on hours, his flat rate was less than mine. Now we are discussing autonomous vehicles, it's happening now, I cant wait to see Juan and Julio diagnose and repair them. OK to learn mechanics, just don't pursue it as a career any more. But what the hell do I know...........

More here, long read.

Being the tech your whole life is somewhat a dead end but learning the trade top to bottom and then opening your own shop is a bright future. One of the guys in my hunt club owns a shop. He’s clearing 15,000-20,000 a week and working 15-20 hours. He’ll also tell you he worked 80+ hours a week for many years getting started and hardly took a dime home. It’s the same for many trades. If you fail to make the leap to business owner the trades are often a dead end.

 

[Pawnee Bill]

The problem with kids today is the parents, not the schools. The schools give them book learning, the parents give them life learning. It is the responsibility of the parents to teach their kids what they need to know to make it in life. Most parents today are so wrapped up in their own world. that they don't take time to teach their kids anything. It is sad to see kids who don't anything but their cell phone, which they have had since they were 8 or 9 and the cell phone becomes the substitute parent.