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> There would be plenty of well paid union and trades jobs There are already. There's more work than people right now. All that work you describe is so expensi

by ars 4y ago

> There would be plenty of well paid union and trades jobs There are already. There's more work than people right now. All that work you describe is so expensive we can only do a small portion of it. What's really needed is more trade school so we can get more people in those positions (and yes, this increase in supply will lower wages). It actually seems there's more work than money in every single field. We need to figure out how to make a world that doesn't take so much work to keep running. Demographics being what they are, we aren't going to be able to have complete funding for everything in the future. It's either that, or have a world with well funded profitable amazing things, next to crumbling basic things.

Arrath 4y ago
> There are already. There's more work than people right now. All that work you describe is so expensive we can only do a small portion of it. I'm well aware. I'm a lead engineer on a critical infrastructure project in the hundreds of millions range, that probably costs double what it actually should thanks to any number of issues with the process. > What's really needed is more trade school so we can get more people in those positions (and yes, this increase in supply will lower wages). Agreed 100%. There is a crisis in the loss of institutional knowledge, bringing new blood in, training and mentoring them up. Workers and engineers are direly needed at all levels. > It actually seems there's more work than money in every single field. We need to figure out how to make a world that doesn't take so much work to keep running. Demographics being what they are, we aren't going to be able to have complete funding for everything in the future. > It's either that, or have a world with well funded profitable amazing things, next to crumbling basic things. Either less work to keep running, or less money to do the work required.

by ars 4y ago

Arrath 4y ago

> There are already. There's more work than people right now. All that work you describe is so expensive we can only do a small portion of it. I'm well aware. I'm a lead engineer on a critical infrastructure project in the hundreds of millions range, that probably costs double what it actually should thanks to any number of issues with the process. > What's really needed is more trade school so we can get more people in those positions (and yes, this increase in supply will lower wages). Agreed 100%. There is a crisis in the loss of institutional knowledge, bringing new blood in, training and mentoring them up. Workers and engineers are direly needed at all levels. > It actually seems there's more work than money in every single field. We need to figure out how to make a world that doesn't take so much work to keep running. Demographics being what they are, we aren't going to be able to have complete funding for everything in the future. > It's either that, or have a world with well funded profitable amazing things, next to crumbling basic things. Either less work to keep running, or less money to do the work required.