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Hate to say the obvious, but it's all about supply and demand. The field I was working in 30 years ago was "hot" and the hourly wage has dropped at least 5x si
by DaveZale 1y ago
Hate to say the obvious, but it's all about supply and demand. The field I was working in 30 years ago was "hot" and the hourly wage has dropped at least 5x since then.
Sure, in the last 20 years I did "development" work which was related but more advanced (24 hours a day stuff, it's always in your head) - but once those efforts were complete, so were the jobs.
My field was laboratory science and I still take solace in the fact that 200 years ago, only the rich (or minimally subsidized) ever got a chance to to touch this stuff. But solace doesn't pay the bills.
Maybe take on volunteer work? Once you get involved, it leads to stories and sharing and new perspectives. I've done a few thousand hours over the past 15 years. It feels good. You chose to do it. You see results and have new ideas. Maybe even a new business.
- insane_dreamer 1y agoThis only works if you had a good job and a decent amount of savings and no family to support.
- DaveZale 1y agoor a dual income household. My wife and I have taken turns on who has the jobs with the benefits. Maybe you're right, maybe we're an exception. But I know educated guys around here whose wives work, and stay home with the kids, run volunteer .org in their spare time.
- insane_dreamer 1y agoRight that works too. But only if a single income is high enough to keep the boat afloat for a while.
- DaveZale 1y agoYes but the flip side, is that we lived in Indiana for a while. Very cheap living there. So, keep your expenses low, with no debt. Freedom.
- insane_dreamer 1y agoVery key point.
- hiring-manager 1y agoTLDR: No Debt Lots of savings Single-income able to support family WIN!
- insane_dreamer 1y agoYou forgot “low COL”
- tonyedgecombe 1y ago>Hate to say the obvious, but it's all about supply and demand. Presumably the computer science departments will continue to churn out more supply for a while yet.