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!@#$%! · 11.05.2016, 06:57 PM

right, there's a huge mismatch between job offerings, educational offerings, and worker supply.

i dropped out of the doctorate too but mine was a certified dead end so it was smart to cut my losses and move on. the MA i could use to be a schoolteacher but i have no appetite for that.

you (severian) could have been a STEM high school teacher with those qualifications, as there is massive demand for that actually. but it takes a certain temperament to enjoy that.

there are a lot of useless bachelor's degrees, megatons of debt for it, and in the meantime there is huge unfulfilled demand for skilled trades.

so education in the us is a crapshoot and totally uncoordinated with industry with the exception of some co-op programs and things like that.

on the other hand, the germans channel a lot of people in the educational system through apprenticeships and develop a skilled workforce at basic levels. from what i understand, a german plumber is capable of designing a whole industrial plumbing system. master plumbers like that in the USA are scarce.

a) http://lifehacker.com/career-spotlig...ber-1760572480

b) http://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-...ters.htm#tab-6

11.05.2016, 06:57 PM	#1555
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,497	right, there's a huge mismatch between job offerings, educational offerings, and worker supply. i dropped out of the doctorate too but mine was a certified dead end so it was smart to cut my losses and move on. the MA i could use to be a schoolteacher but i have no appetite for that. you (severian) could have been a STEM high school teacher with those qualifications, as there is massive demand for that actually. but it takes a certain temperament to enjoy that. there are a lot of useless bachelor's degrees, megatons of debt for it, and in the meantime there is huge unfulfilled demand for skilled trades. so education in the us is a crapshoot and totally uncoordinated with industry with the exception of some co-op programs and things like that. on the other hand, the germans channel a lot of people in the educational system through apprenticeships and develop a skilled workforce at basic levels. from what i understand, a german plumber is capable of designing a whole industrial plumbing system. master plumbers like that in the USA are scarce. a) http://lifehacker.com/career-spotlig...ber-1760572480 b) http://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-...ters.htm#tab-6
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