People Not Wanting To Work

[snagged in outlet 3]

22 minutes ago, Devan S. said:

EMan is good. Been there done that.

She was offered a paid internship and full job offer when she graduates her junior year.

[MoCarp]

On 6/23/2021 at 6:47 PM, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Depends on the degree.  Data analytics, engineering, project management, computer science, information science and technology all pay well and are in high demand.  A bachelors in applied math will get you a very good job.    
A degree in history, communication or English will not get you much.  

Sorry but those jobs get outsourced to India and China 

[SpoonDog]

1 hour ago, Mitch f said:

On a different note:  I attended with my wife, an Alumni dinner from Webster University, where she got her Masters. The dinner was to honor former Alumni who became successful. All 4 awards were given to women. None for the men. 
 

I don't know much about Webster beyond it was founded as a women's college, and didn't begin admitting men until the 60's.  Current student body is nearly 60% female, I'd wager that number was higher in the past.  If you're doling out alumni awards, and nearly all your alumni are female, nearly all alumni award recipients will be female.

Men are the minority at Webster.  It bothered you to see the diversity and talents the minority bring to the table weren't acknowledged or celebrated by the majority.  It may not be intentional.  It may not even be bias.  But when most students are women, and most alumni are women, and most Awards Committee members are women, and they only give awards out to women...it sure creates the perception of bias, especially if you're in the minority.  It's natural to feel you weren't given a fair shake.  It's natural to feel overlooked.

If there were better representation of the entire student body, you would feel differently.  Your experience is precisely why diversity and inclusion initiatives are important. 

 

 

[MoCarp]

6 hours ago, Devan S. said:

 

Evangel shoves religion down your throat. 

University of Alabama only cares about football and siblings dating. 

 

As far as something shoved down your throat, better religion than something else 

as far as the Alabama slam…more rocket scientists are in Alabama, the rockets that took humans to the moon was built in Alabama..first electric trolly was in Alabama.

I could go on but you get the idea

I was born and raised in Mobile…even though I have lived here most of my adult life it’s still home…you can take the boy out of the south but you can’t take the south out of the man.

 

 

 

 

[snagged in outlet 3]

25 minutes ago, MoCarp said:

Sorry but those jobs get outsourced to India and China 

Wow!   I better tell my wife and 3 kids they don’t have jobs.  Did this just happen this evening?

[Mitch f]

40 minutes ago, SpoonDog said:

I don't know much about Webster beyond it was founded as a women's college, and didn't begin admitting men until the 60's.  Current student body is nearly 60% female, I'd wager that number was higher in the past.  If you're doling out alumni awards, and nearly all your alumni are female, nearly all alumni award recipients will be female.

Men are the minority at Webster.  It bothered you to see the diversity and talents the minority bring to the table weren't acknowledged or celebrated by the majority.  It may not be intentional.  It may not even be bias.  But when most students are women, and most alumni are women, and most Awards Committee members are women, and they only give awards out to women...it sure creates the perception of bias, especially if you're in the minority.  It's natural to feel you weren't given a fair shake.  It's natural to feel overlooked.

If there were better representation of the entire student body, you would feel differently.  Your experience is precisely why diversity and inclusion initiatives are important. 

 

 

It wasn’t that it was bothering me that much, more of a “Roll your eyes” pandering moment. 

[SpoonDog]

 

1 hour ago, Mitch f said:

It wasn’t that it was bothering me that much, more of a “Roll your eyes” pandering moment. 

The point remains.  If representation really wasn't important, you wouldn't have noticed and you wouldn't have thought anything of it. 

[Mitch f]

11 minutes ago, SpoonDog said:

 

The point remains.  If representation really wasn't important, you wouldn't have noticed and you wouldn't have thought anything of it. 

You might say I have a chip on my shoulder for liberal BS….always on the lookout. It’s so transparent anymore. I’m constantly asking my daughter what her professors are teaching her. Then I add my thoughts for her to think about. So many movies have an underlying Marxist theme…I’m the victim, you owe me. Unless conservatives stand up, we are doomed. The Marxist agenda used to be very insidious, after the Obama era it’s absolutely out in the open. They don’t even try to hide the BS anymore. I’m always watching

[ColdWaterFshr]

1 hour ago, Mitch f said:

I’m constantly asking my daughter what her professors are teaching her. Then I add my thoughts for her to think about. 

Oh for the love of Pete.  #helicopterparentofacollegeagedkid
#strikethat,collegeagedADULT

homeshcool!  Or enroll her under lock and key to PragerU emergency reprogramming.🤣

There can be none of her own independent thought to figure out for herself.

 Crush it before she turns to Marxism!😆😆😜

[Devan S.]

10 hours ago, MoCarp said:

As far as something shoved down your throat, better religion than something else 

as far as the Alabama slam…more rocket scientists are in Alabama, the rockets that took humans to the moon was built in Alabama..first electric trolly was in Alabama.

I could go on but you get the idea

I was born and raised in Mobile…even though I have lived here most of my adult life it’s still home…you can take the boy out of the south but you can’t take the south out of the man.

Sure if your into that kind of thing.....lots of wars been waged over religion across the globe.

My point was we can find universities all across the country that cater to "niche" ideals all of which have at least some level of bias built into the curriculum. Again not many witches and satanist going to Evangel because they don't agree with the curriculum. 

The Alabama thing was a joke......at least in part.....sure Alabama was a space race hub at one point. Doesn't mean they all went to the University of Alabama. Just like SpaceX isn't full of rocket engineers from UCLA necessarily. 

Yes a certain amount of engineering is offshored......generally speaking its been my experience those jobs are the specialty jobs(electronic layout, software design, electronic design, mechanical design/modeling) Most of the customer facing/management positions are left stateside.