Good info thanks! And yeah, sounds like you have a solid head on your shoulders. I’m sure you’ll do fine.
The ‘overqualified’ bit sucks, and that was the classic line during the dot-com days they’d use for tech folks in other fields. I had friends just completely excise tech from their resume to get something landed.
We’ll see where this all goes.
Re: economic news - my take is that the left is being delusional in the ‘there are no problems’ direction, while the right is being delusional in the ‘everything is broken’ direction. Both are doing their damnest to manipulate everyone into believing their flavor of delusion.
Which makes sense, because traditionally incumbents get destroyed if there are economic issues, and both are in existential crisis mode right now.
Folks are starting to have to ‘look down’ though, and the timing is going to be pretty shitty.
Re: trades - yeah, any change is going to require ramp up time, investment of effort and learning, etc.
I’ve got some contractors (plumbers) and welders in the family, and used to be a certified welder - and it’s not like there aren’t tradeoffs there too vs tech. Especially if someone doesn’t have the habit of using PPE properly. That said, some areas are in very high demand - and can’t be outsourced - and pay very well. Especially for someone who can supervise or run a shop, and isn’t afraid to get their hands dirty.
They’ll do very well as boomers age too, as will nurses and Dr’s.
The ‘overqualified’ bit sucks, and that was the classic line during the dot-com days they’d use for tech folks in other fields. I had friends just completely excise tech from their resume to get something landed.
We’ll see where this all goes.
Re: economic news - my take is that the left is being delusional in the ‘there are no problems’ direction, while the right is being delusional in the ‘everything is broken’ direction. Both are doing their damnest to manipulate everyone into believing their flavor of delusion.
Which makes sense, because traditionally incumbents get destroyed if there are economic issues, and both are in existential crisis mode right now.
Folks are starting to have to ‘look down’ though, and the timing is going to be pretty shitty.
Re: trades - yeah, any change is going to require ramp up time, investment of effort and learning, etc.
I’ve got some contractors (plumbers) and welders in the family, and used to be a certified welder - and it’s not like there aren’t tradeoffs there too vs tech. Especially if someone doesn’t have the habit of using PPE properly. That said, some areas are in very high demand - and can’t be outsourced - and pay very well. Especially for someone who can supervise or run a shop, and isn’t afraid to get their hands dirty.
They’ll do very well as boomers age too, as will nurses and Dr’s.