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to quit, you need money. if you barely get by on your salary you can’t save, so you can’t quit.
by b20000 5y ago
to quit, you need money. if you barely get by on your salary you can’t save, so you can’t quit.
- oliwarner 5y agoThat's true of any career. Mobility isn't just about being able to afford to not work, it's having options to go into, which STEM educations and experience provide.
- b20000 5y agoit is not this industry’s responsability to solve the career issues of all other industries. and STEM is being promoted primarily to drive the cost of hiring down, resulting in the erosion of the careers of current workers.
- oliwarner 5y agoIt's not its responsibility, no, but it still represents a set of skills (data analysis, coding, automation) that you just don't get with an arts degree. Those skills have immense value in non-STEM jobs, would easily make you a preferred candidate. Your theory about supply and demand is interesting, but all things said, somebody with a STEM education is still automatically better off than other formal educations.
- b20000 5y agothen why are those with a STEM degree underpaid compared to e.g. sales or marketing people , lawyers, doctors,… ?
- oliwarner 5y agoAre you comparing educations or careers? It's about opportunity. STEM education providers more career opportunity. Sales and marketing are great examples of careers that STEM educations and technical experience enhance.
- b20000 5y agowhen people with kids think STEM, they think FAANG or “tech job” because that is what they hear about 24/7. They want their kids to have a piece of those billions. And that is the problem. Big tech promises a lucrative get rich quick tech career, and the real reason they do so is to lower the cost of hiring.