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You can make as much doing menial work for BART as you can in engineering. Except that you don't actually have to do anything difficult when you work for BART,
by jcnnghm 13y ago
You can make as much doing menial work for BART as you can in engineering. Except that you don't actually have to do anything difficult when you work for BART, it's almost impossible to lose your job, there is no unpaid overtime, and you get more vacation.
The economics of bay-area engineering are broken. Consider this, how many engineers making comparable salary could take over these jobs with minimal training? What about vice-versa?
- adamjernst 13y agoBART jobs are quite supply constrained. Sure, union jobs are great if you can get one, but there aren't many to go around. Plus, who would really enjoy working in a workplace where everyone doesn't care? I couldn't stand it even if I were paid more, couldn't lose my job, and had more vacation time.
- jcnnghm 13y agoBART jobs are quite supply constrained That's because they pay way too much. If they paid commensurate to required skill level, demand would drop because the true equilibrium price is much lower.
- thrownaway2424 13y agoIt's a union gig, it doesn't work that way.