I cannot emphasis enough how important this seminar is. Not so much for us readers of the Capposphere, but more importantly for the youth that are about to embark on a college path.
Ideally, this video will be watched, IN ITS ENTIRETY by kids from the ages of roughly 13-18 BEFORE they decide what they want to go to college for. The left are masters at indoctrinating the youth, this is simply a countermeasure to give the poor youth of this country a dose of reality and GENUINE hope of a future productive career and life. Not general pleasantries about them all being winners and somehow good thoughts and going green is going to get them jobs that will put food on the table.
Regardless, here's the first video and subsequent links below. Please force any children, nieces, nephews, etc., to watch this on account it really is about the best thing you can do for them;
Part 2
Part 3
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Part 6
You have an amazing website here, although I've only had a change to read through a few posts. I thought that I was the only one who thought about these things, but its great to know there are others.
ReplyDeleteLet me say another quick story. Regarding the "green jobs". My background is in the oil and gas industry. I got into oil and gas 7 years ago after getting not 1 but 2 "worthless" degrees. First, UG in History at private school. Then JD at what was a solid "First Tier" law school. Luckily, for me and the only thing that saved me, was that I got studied hard on LSAT and got scholarship to the law school, so that cut down on the debt.
ReplyDeleteAfter school, I moved across the country into a city I wanted to live in and passed the Bar. I couldn't find a job to save my life, and everyday was hell. I had to telemarket part time, I tried to throw up my shingle and a good day was when a crackhead or stalker walked in and I could get $500 dollar payday for several court hearings.
After a year of this, I realized that no matter how hard or worked or tried, I had been 'suckered' and this was very depressing, as I had always excelled in everything I put my mind to from athletics to academics. I went to an event where the then CEO of Kerr Magee (now Anadarko Petroleum)said something like "there are 100 mining engineers graduating every year for every 60,000 lawyers" Instantly, I saw the light or supply and demand, and that was my low point. I felt I was still young and talented, but what could I do? Eventually, I found a job as a contract mineral title examiner. I felt very fortunate and began making decent money. Luckily, since the job involved attention to detail, research and examining legal docs, my "worthless" degree even helped out a little bit. I have never looked back, and have embraced and tried to push myself to be the best I can in the field, and yes, it is so nice to be able to make a decent living.
All of this brings me to the "green jobs" story. In 2008, we had a great year, but in the latter stages of 2008 after the market, oil, and natural gas crashed, I didn't have any work due to being an independent contractor. Fortunately, I had a lot saved up, and was always prudent with spending. Nevertheless, I decided to attend the American Wind Association national get together in Chicago in 2009. You are from in Mid West, so I am sure you are somewhat familiar with the wind business. I was not working at the time and with my skills in oil and gas title examination, and lease negotiations, I wanted to see what opportunities there were in wind. (wind is much simpler than oil and gas because you only deal with surface owners, whereas oil and gas minerals can be severed numerous times with hundreds of different times of ownership interests; it can be hard for even those of us with worthless law degrees)
Anyway, I go to this convention, and first of all what struck me was the number of wide eyed hopefuls that just showed up in droves for promise of working in the green energy field. Alot of the companies, and just about every major company in the field was there, had set up booths in an area of the convention centre with HR folks, and the lines fanned out in droves, by the hundreds, for what amounted to at best 10 or so jobs for most. What was so comical, was that all the jobs required pretty much specialized tech skills that non of the job seekers had. There was a lot of people there that had no specialized skills, and they were the young women who worked for the companies and were stationed at the recruiting tables. I could not find a single example that could provide me with even the most rudimentary description of what a many of the positions actually did. Among some of the smaller, more regional developers, none of the HR people could even converse with me about what land agents or ROW agents actually did, or the process. Fortunately, the oil and gas business picked back up within a month or 2, and has been strong since. I work hard and invest hard and save money everyday, so that I might never have my fate placed in the hand of such incompetent individuals.
Let me say another quick story. Regarding the "green jobs". My background is in the oil and gas industry. I got into oil and gas 7 years ago after getting not 1 but 2 "worthless" degrees. First, UG in History at private school. Then JD at what was a solid "First Tier" law school. Luckily, for me and the only thing that saved me, was that I got studied hard on LSAT and got scholarship to the law school, so that cut down on the debt.
ReplyDeleteThis is (certainly) not a politically correct statement, but I have noticed that a lot of women choose their degree field as if it was an accessory in their wardrobe; and by that I mean they seem to be asking the question "What does this degree say about me as a person?" rather than "What will getting this degree do for me?"
ReplyDeleteEntering into an arts based program says that they are "Creative", while entering into child psychology says that they’re "Caring"; and entering into women’s studies is the perfect accessory to being a radical socialist.
Men tend to have a very different mindset when they enter into university; and while there are many that end up taking worthless degrees most of those degrees are in areas that you would think there would be jobs in. Degrees in areas like Finance sound like they would be good for getting a decent career that pays well, the only problem is that far too many people graduate with these degrees for them to be particularly meaningful.
After school, I moved across the country into a city I wanted to live in and passed the Bar. I couldn't find a job to save my life, and everyday was hell. I had to telemarket part time, I tried to throw up my shingle and a good day was when a crackhead or stalker walked in and I could get $500 dollar payday for several court hearings.
ReplyDeleteAfter a year of this, I realized that no matter how hard or worked or tried, I had been 'suckered' and this was very depressing, as I had always excelled in everything I put my mind to from athletics to academics. I went to an event where the then CEO of Kerr Magee (now Anadarko Petroleum)said something like "there are 100 mining engineers graduating every year for every 60,000 lawyers" Instantly, I saw the light or supply and demand, and that was my low point. I felt I was still young and talented, but what could I do? Eventually, I found a job as a contract mineral title examiner. I felt very fortunate and began making decent money. Luckily, since the job involved attention to detail, research and examining legal docs, my "worthless" degree even helped out a little bit. I have never looked back, and have embraced and tried to push myself to be the best I can in the field, and yes, it is so nice to be able to make a decent living.
All of this brings me to the "green jobs" story. In 2008, we had a great year, but in the latter stages of 2008 after the market, oil, and natural gas crashed, I didn't have any work due to being an independent contractor. Fortunately, I had a lot saved up, and was always prudent with spending. Nevertheless, I decided to attend the American Wind Association national get together in Chicago in 2009. You are from in Mid West, so I am sure you are somewhat familiar with the wind business. I was not working at the time and with my skills in oil and gas title examination, and lease negotiations, I wanted to see what opportunities there were in wind. (wind is much simpler than oil and gas because you only deal with surface owners, whereas oil and gas minerals can be severed numerous times with hundreds of different times of ownership interests; it can be hard for even those of us with worthless law degrees)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I go to this convention, and first of all what struck me was the number of wide eyed hopefuls that just showed up in droves for promise of working in the green energy field. Alot of the companies, and just about every major company in the field was there, had set up booths in an area of the convention centre with HR folks, and the lines fanned out in droves, by the hundreds, for what amounted to at best 10 or so jobs for most. What was so comical, was that all the jobs required pretty much specialized tech skills that non of the job seekers had. There was a lot of people there that had no specialized skills, and they were the young women who worked for the companies and were stationed at the recruiting tables. I could not find a single example that could provide me with even the most rudimentary description of what a many of the positions actually did. Among some of the smaller, more regional developers, none of the HR people could even converse with me about what land agents or ROW agents actually did, or the process. Fortunately, the oil and gas business picked back up within a month or 2, and has been strong since. I work hard and invest hard and save money everyday, so that I might never have my fate placed in the hand of such incompetent individuals.
ReplyDeleteYour next lecture series should be "how to recover from your previous stupid"
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