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2017-01-29 Britain

Theresa May says: You Shouldn't Need to Go to College to Get a Good Job

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Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2017-01-29 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Mike Rowe has been saying this for years.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2017-01-29 01:41|| 2017-01-29 01:41|| Front Page Top

#2 and he's right. We will always need plumbers, electricians, pipefitters, and welders. Poli Sci majors? Not so much

Posted by Frank G 2017-01-29 07:04|| 2017-01-29 07:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Hey Frank, don't you go dissing us Poli Sci majors!

The fact that I went through Control Data Institute 7 years later to learn how to program and had a career for the next 32 years doesn't count and is totally irrelevant to this conversation.

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Posted by AlanC 2017-01-29 08:33|| 2017-01-29 08:33|| Front Page Top

#4 A Cyber-73-74 kinda guy Alan?

Posted by Shipman 2017-01-29 09:09|| 2017-01-29 09:09|| Front Page Top

#5 College should only be for those jobs that require extra learning and practice, like for doctors and engineers.

Every other job can be picked up through a journyman program and those jobs are always needed.

Posted by DarthVader 2017-01-29 09:47|| 2017-01-29 09:47|| Front Page Top

#6 But... but... but... where's the graft in that?

Posted by CrazyFool 2017-01-29 11:01|| 2017-01-29 11:01|| Front Page Top

#7 Ship, those were the new ones. I'm pretty sure that we had a 6400. The BAL section had to be run downstairs on the banks IBM machine 360 IIRC.
The programs were on punch cards though there were terminals for taking the CAI sessions and tests.

These are 30 + year old memories and my storage system is getting flaky. RBG, Fortran, BAL, Cobol and out to work. The irony is that 55% of my work was with various flavors of Basic since I worked for DEC. The rest was with ABAP (a bastardized Basic/COBOL mix) working for SAP.

Saw a whole lot of changes from my introduction to computers in '69 till now.

Posted by AlanC 2017-01-29 11:04|| 2017-01-29 11:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Ahhh, those wonderful memories of programming star wheels!

Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2017-01-29 14:31|| 2017-01-29 14:31|| Front Page Top

#9 And Snoopy Calendars!

Posted by Shipman 2017-01-29 15:43|| 2017-01-29 15:43|| Front Page Top

#10 #6 But... but... but... where's the graft in that?

BINGO!

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-01-29 16:36|| 2017-01-29 16:36|| Front Page Top

#11 Quote: "If you have to put 'Science' in your name, you're probably not a Scientist'" See: Bill Nye "The Science Guy" who long ago had a degree in Mechanical Engineering

Posted by Frank G 2017-01-29 17:03|| 2017-01-29 17:03|| Front Page Top

#12 OH! And a bow tie, so totes "Science"

Posted by Frank G 2017-01-29 17:03|| 2017-01-29 17:03|| Front Page Top

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