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[Grey Fox]

That's the word, thanks Meri.

PDH & Meri are Gen Xers.

If you were born after 1959, you are not a Boomer.

[Drakken]

It's like America doesn't have any trade person. Plumbing & Electricity has anyone heard of those things? There's good money in them.

I have heard of them.

I'm getting back in school in Plumbing/Heating, starting next week. 

[Grey Fox]

It's like America doesn't have any trade person. Plumbing & Electricity has anyone heard of those things? There's good money in them.

I have heard of them.

I'm getting back on school chair in Plumbing/Heating, starting next week. 

You don't live in the US too.

Whenever I lose this job, I'm gonna go something like that too.

[Drakken]

You don't live in the US too.

Whenever I lose this job, I'm gonna go something like that too.

No, we live in poor-ass, every-hipster-wants-free-university Quebec. Even that when I come out of school I'll be laughing all the way to the bank. 

Beware, though. Usually admission happens once per year, and there were a lot of applicants when I passed  the admission test. I was told 1 in 3 are picked, on average.

[Barrister]

It's like America doesn't have any trade person. Plumbing & Electricity has anyone heard of those things? There's good money in them.

I have heard of them.

I'm getting back on school chair in Plumbing/Heating, starting next week. 

You don't live in the US too.

Whenever I lose this job, I'm gonna go something like that too.

Why wait?

[Grey Fox]

& we're getting old too!

I believe in Free University & I am not an hipster!

@BB It's not something that is given in night classes* & I rather not quit my job. I like having an house for me, my gf & my kids.

or rather, that I could find.

[Malthus]

Boom-bust cycles in employment are a natural feature of the market - as people going into law school these days are discovering. What worries me more is that lately it's mostly about the bust part. What's booming? Try to anticipate that.

[Drakken]

& we're getting old too!

I believe in Free University & I am not an hipster!

I don't.

In fact much of the problem is that university is too accessible and overvalued, compared for the white collar demands of the market. And like many, I fell for the "education is a priority" bullshit.

[Drakken]

@BB It's not something that is given in night classes* & I rather not quit my job. I like having an house for me, my gf & my kids.

or rather, that I could find.

GF is right, BB. Here in Quebec going to what the US call "trades' school" is basically returning to high school, classes five times a week from Monday to Friday,7AM to 3PM.

[garbon]

Boom-bust cycles in employment are a natural feature of the market - as people going into law school these days are discovering. What worries me more is that lately it's mostly about the bust part. What's booming? Try to anticipate that.

Seems like nursing and hospital administration will continue to boom for some time - or at least be a stable place.

[Zanza]

Seems like nursing and hospital administration will continue to boom for some time - or at least be a stable place.

There will inevitably be serious cost pressure on the whole health sector though.

[Neil]

I believe in Free University & I am not an hipster!

No, you're a mooch.

[garbon]

Seems like nursing and hospital administration will continue to boom for some time - or at least be a stable place.

There will inevitably be serious cost pressure on the whole health sector though.

Definitely true and why I also sliding to stable as the boom will probably come off as you say with inevitable cost pressures.

[Barrister]

@BB It's not something that is given in night classes* & I rather not quit my job. I like having an house for me, my gf & my kids.

or rather, that I could find.

GF is right, BB. Here in Quebec going to what the US call "trades' school" is basically returning to high school, classes five times a week from Monday to Friday,7AM to 3PM.

But he said "whenever I lose my job", not "if I lose my job".  Sounds like he expects to lose it.  So why not be proactive?

[Grey Fox]

This isn't the 70s. At some point, shareholder value will be more important & the corporate overlords of California will sell us out.