tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post5403916176397141407..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: From Our Millennial College Graduate Agent in the FieldCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-44320734882626857332016-05-20T04:14:14.590-07:002016-05-20T04:14:14.590-07:00ay fuck you captain capitalism im torrenting your ...ay fuck you captain capitalism im torrenting your books<br />- alpha_rezalpha_reznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-53212829506505272742016-05-04T11:07:48.006-07:002016-05-04T11:07:48.006-07:00Nice post. I agree, choose your degree carefully....Nice post. I agree, choose your degree carefully. Not sure I agree that a business degree the way to go, as there are probably 99 business degrees in a boring dead end for every 1 success.<br /><br />My kids friends with criminal justice and poli sci degrees working as insurance adjustors and candy store managers, and those are the successes.Joe Richardsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-85274082637394363182016-05-04T08:29:26.311-07:002016-05-04T08:29:26.311-07:00$18 was how much I started making as a roofer when...$18 was how much I started making as a roofer when I got out of technical school. At one point I was making $24 and hour, and hails I not joined the military, would have learned sheet metal roofing and made up to $32. My point is, $18 an hour starting wage is not bad at a trade of you only have a high school diploma, but are willing to put the hours and effort. You won't 've wealthy, but you can make a decent living as long as you don't squander your money. $18 as a 4 or 6 year college graduate? Meh, not so much.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749865349088584710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-76526912061819474692016-04-28T05:21:00.575-07:002016-04-28T05:21:00.575-07:00this lady explains the opportunity cost of "W...this lady explains the opportunity cost of "Women's studies". The comments section in the video is good too...<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mgVxl1dd-I&feature=em-uploademailLove this Blog!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-51639164214514888692016-04-27T16:49:48.095-07:002016-04-27T16:49:48.095-07:00Mark Matis:
You make a good point. However, ther...Mark Matis:<br /><br />You make a good point. However, there are only so many positions that are available for all the freaks of the world. True, corporations and Govt are totally required to meet their dead weight quotas. But, and it pains me greatly to say, there are significantly more of these "preferred species" job candidates than there are jobs available for them to fill. Govt can only create so many worthless jobs, and corporations are even more limited because they have to be productive to stay alive. These losers you speak of tend to be more of a cancer to a corporation, one which must be managed carefully. <br /><br />Robots are the future of labor. No HR depts and no lawsuits from the freaks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-84684959278093965822016-04-27T16:45:55.486-07:002016-04-27T16:45:55.486-07:00I graduated engineering school in 1983. After spe...I graduated engineering school in 1983. After spending my career in electrical design and construction I can unequivocally state that I should have majored in business. Engineers can be right one million times in a row but make one mistake and that is all that is remembered. It is much better to be the business major cutting the ribbon for the newspapers, even though you have no idea about how it works, while cashing big checks in anticipation of laying off the engineers. After all, they are a dime a dozen. I should know. Cheers.john smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07656847578107460053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-64323810491401427462016-04-27T12:50:43.842-07:002016-04-27T12:50:43.842-07:00The one thing he fails to note is that if one is a...The one thing he fails to note is that if one is a Preferred Species, that piece of paper can become very meaningful. There are plenty of AA jobs in this country where the employer HAS TO hire a quota with a degree. So if one is Black or Hispanic or Homosexual or Muslim, the rules are different. Even if that degree is in LGBT Music Theory.Mark Matisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-3528961613279719592016-04-27T12:06:54.473-07:002016-04-27T12:06:54.473-07:00Sarah, Max and Susan actually aren't doing tha...Sarah, Max and Susan actually aren't doing that badly compared to myself and some other people I know. David v. Rudisillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05392163964864370051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-38411180228580044172016-04-27T10:17:28.321-07:002016-04-27T10:17:28.321-07:00Over the last 50 years, attending college has beco...Over the last 50 years, attending college has become the largest generational scam in history; corrupt baby boomer administrators OUTRIGHT STEALING from naive Millenials. Please show me a dean or head administrator at even the community college level who makes less than $400K annually. Corruption is not just rampant, it's standard operating procedure for college administration and all the money flows to the top. Janet Napolitano is the president of the California University system for God's sake. Do I need to go on?<br /><br />The scheme is vast, and is multi-generational in nature. We all grew up being indoctrinated into thinking that college was the only ticket to success, and that success after attaining a college degree was guaranteed. In the year 2016, nothing could be further from the truth. For most people, especially those who borrow large sums of money to pay for it, college is a major net loss; not to mention a giant waste of time and energy. The opportunity costs of attending college, as well as the actual financial costs, are simply staggering for the average person. The return on investment for MOST college degrees is not zero, it's negative. From an economic standpoint, almost nothing about attending makes any financial sense. <br /><br />But the college lie is deeply ingrained in the American psyche. Try telling a young person the truth about college. They will never listen to you. Never. I've given up trying to tell any of them the truth. They just look at me like I'm some dumb old negative fool, and suggest I vote for Bernie Sanders. They need to learn it for themselves. Crippling debt and all. It will take at least one more full generation for the brick-and-mortar college scam to completely die, despite the toxic social environment on most campuses. Even the internet cannot defeat the college scam. It will take lots of time, and MANY broken lives, before the scam bottoms out. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-81338930124581904072016-04-27T09:25:03.400-07:002016-04-27T09:25:03.400-07:00Smart guy. He didn't wait for someone to help...Smart guy. He didn't wait for someone to help him, he helped himself and busted his posterior. Plus he didn't torch himself with that four letter word...debt. Even though he believes his degree may not mean much, he did learn the universal language of the world...math. As I tell the youngins', be good at math, it will help you start a career, and hopefully keep you gainfully employed either working for someone or having your own bidness. As someone who has worked in the trenches for 25+ years, having two STEM degrees has kept me gainfully employed (along with hustling my posterior off). But, I have to give this guy kudos for starting his own bidness. Youngins' that is the way to go now and the foreseeable future, your own bidness. Look at how much fun our humble host is having with AHC, his own business! Go that route as soon as you can in your careers. Working in the corporate world these days, sucks. Period. Cappy has some good books to start with, to get you on your way, such as Bachelor Pad Economics. As this guy who's figured it out and one of my favorite sayings (from the British SAS) "Who Dares Wins". This guy is winning!Jim Scrummynoreply@blogger.com