[nylug-talk] Thanks, I landed somewhere....

[Rajesh Menon]

On 10/6/06, Miguel González Castaños <miguel_3_gonzalez at yahoo.es> wrote:
> Ajai Khattri escribió:
> > geeknoob wrote:
> >> Hey waitaminute...  $35k is more than I make at my current job (in
> >> IT)...  lol.  Maybe I should switch to retail!
> >
> > I often joke about how you're better off being a plumber than in IT in
> > NYC...
> >
> >
> I could tell you that happens in most parts of the world. Here in Spain,
> non-degree or qualified jobs are better paid than qualified (degree)
> jobs. When I was a child, I always was told that the smart children
> should go on studying and go college while the ones that are too lazy to
> study should learn a profession in a professional school. This people
> ended up working before than us and after some years working end up
> earning more than us...We have what We call the "mileuristas"
> generation, literally people than earn thousand euros a month...people
> with Master degrees, languages, etc...
>

It's easier for a "degree'd" person to be a plumber, than it is the converse.
Let's have talks on plumbing at the next NYLUG meet, shall we? Or wood-shop.

p.s: does anyone on the list have experience on expert systems?