somebody else please. my friggin tendonitis is acting up!
>what two sectors of the economy have grown tremendously in the
>1990s? high tech and services, the coder and the hamburger
>flipper. 33% and 66% (i am being simplistic). the coder makes
>lots of money, prolly isn't college educated (college cs courses
>*don't* prepare you for the new economy, but the old one, so
>what's the point?), and his one skill: (s)he knows how to learn
>and think for him- or herself. it is the burger-flipper who
>has that ole college pigskin hanging on the wall...
d00d, the professions didn't have formal credential processes at first either. READ AMERICA BY DESIGN. ferchrisakes
>the problem that you have, kelley, is that you imagine that
>capitalism still exists. the workers won, they are the fucking
>capitalists nowadays. pension funds, not some solitary
>capitalist, is what drives the market and funds the ideas. and
>*where* do those pension funds come from? unionized workers.
>
>the world as you know it has changed. geeks aren't even at the
>forefront of it...
>
>instead of the unified (newtonian) perspective that you have
>learned in school, this new world is bifurcated...
>
> > 2. in some cases this has manifested itself in ritual-like
> > ethical norms and claims about the uniqueness of the profession
> > and instance of which is the tradition of pro-bono. in other
> > professions, they tout other things. academics like to talk of how
> > they make far less money by being in academia but they chose that
> > path be/c it was the noble path to take. in the medical field
> > there are exermplary stories of the great charity and generosity
> > of various historical and contemporary figures. etc.
>
>hey, don't knock academia. it is about the only remaining place
>where that college degree will do you some good!
>
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