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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy
The kicker is a lot of people who go into blue color jobs make 2-3 times as much as the dime a dozen fresh college grads in their $30k a year IT jobs.
You could go work for say the water company or UI and lay pipe/cable at $50k-$70k a year plus better benefits.  |
I had a rather frustrating and unproductive interview with an employment agency this morning. However, I could probably have left with a job shoveling gravel into a ditch for a gas pipeline company if I wanted to. I didn't because the state of Nevada is willing to pay me the equivalent of $10/hr to do essentially nothing (aka "unemployment compensation") and the pipeline job pays $10.88/hr. I don't think an 88 cent raise is adequate for me to go from doing nothing to genuinely busting my butt. OTOH, if I didn't have unemployment, I would have jumped on it.
Then I went over to an HVAC company and applied for a fleet mechanic position. I told them I'd do it for twelve an hour.
BTW, I have a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.
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