Profoundly Disconnected - Mike Rowe

[Wulf202]

The world needs ditch diggers too.

[MAP]

The world needs ditch diggers too.

Preferably using heavy equipment, not a shovel.

Mike

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

The world needs ditch diggers too.

I've often thought of becoming a golf club.

[Troublco]

Join the military - learn a trade - make money all the while.

Then, after 20 years, you get a pension (unheard of outside govt these days) and all the free money you will ever need to complete college if you so choose.

Worked for me.

I did 24 years, and I continue to reap the rewards of that investment. No matter what I gave, what I have received in return outweighs it.

I am constantly amazed at the jobs I see available that sit empty for lack of someone with knowledge and experience; but they are what is considered "trades" jobs. Kids, and a lot of people today, all seem to think they're going to work IT. That's great, but like any other field, there are a finite number of positions needing filled and if there are three times more people than jobs, not only are there going to be folks without jobs but many of those that have them will make less. Which is why so many people who are skilled with their hands (another description I've heard) can make so much money doing what so many people seem to regard as "beneath" them. I don't mean this to sound wrong, but not everyone is cut out to be a programmer, or IT, or an electrical engineer...just like not everyone is cut out to be a mechanic, or an electrician, or a finish carpenter, or a mason. But lots of folks don't want to believe that their little Johnny ain't gonna be an IT whiz. It takes a wide variety of skills to make the world go 'round, and I think the trade/training problem is another symptom of the greater ills our country has. Not many seem to take pride in honest, hard work and what it produces anymore.