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Our military is a training and infrastructure / R&D investment. Redirecting that into education won't create jobs, it'll just train more people for jobs that do
by jjoonathan 9y ago
Our military is a training and infrastructure / R&D investment. Redirecting that into education won't create jobs, it'll just train more people for jobs that don't exist, in some cases because they've recently been cut.
- losteric 9y agoMilitary is a very inefficient and focused r&d investment, it is definitely not a public infrastructure investment. Redirecting to education will lower barriers of entry to high-skill labor, eg helping welders cross-train into software. This is not a proposal for free education for everyone to study anything... i said public investment, not donations
- zeckalpha 9y ago> welders cross-train into software From what I've seen, software engineers cross-training into welding would have a better ROI. What's a welder who can program's hourly rate look like? Better than a programmer who can weld.
- crispyambulance 9y agoA welder "who can program" could be a skilled CNC operator. It isn't necessary to completely take "fish out of water" to train for other skills. Putting a web-developer who barely knows what a screwdriver is in front of giant lathe isn't going to have a good ROI either.
- zeckalpha 9y ago> Putting a web-developer who barely knows what a screwdriver is in front of giant lathe isn't going to have a good ROI either. No, but they might make more money.