Student Loan Dumbness

[RICZ]

If an employer does not want to get involved with the hiring of illegals, then he is competing with the welfare/unemployment system and has to offer more than they do, and that's difficult.
Re trades; There are many offering not only free, but paid training and then a job. Auto tech and OTR truck driving come to mind and there are many more.

 

[Rogue Hawk]

I see that a lot, trades being done by illegals. I remember seeing a sign from some GM workers that said, "If you lay us all off, who will buy your cars?".

 

[dondje]

OTR truck driving come to mind and there are many more.

No future in OTR trucking. They are going to be the first replaced as they are right now test driving autonomous OTR on several long haul runs nation wide. Uber and other taxi drivers need to look out also. Lots of new cities signing up for autonomous test sites. Local delivery is also in trouble as driverless grocery and drone package delivery is being tested in multiple markets.

Regards,

Don

 

[JerryB]

Hi dondje,

Re: No future in OTR trucking.

Just this past week, Daimler here in Portland announced that their truck mfg plant, located here, is going to be producing only electric trucks.

The future is coming at us faster than we think.

It is the old Freightliner plant; where I worked in the test lab while in college for about 6 months. Great job & I learned a lot working in that lab.

Jerry Baumchen

 

[Bob Denman]

No future in OTR trucking. They are going to be the first replaced as they are right now test driving autonomous OTR on several long haul runs nation wide. Uber and other taxi drivers need to look out also. Lots of new cities signing up for autonomous test sites. Local delivery is also in trouble as driverless grocery and drone package delivery is being tested in multiple markets.

Regards,

Don

As long as they've got this Dude up front: :2thumbs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWgrvNHjKkY

 

[sandeejs]

I had no loans for my undergrad. Neither did my folks. This was mostly because I made sure my tuition was at the low "in-state" rate.

My kids all had some loans, and I helped with some of their tuition. They are so very sensible and responsible, paying on their loans and not living extravagantly. My eldest is an architect, and got some financial awards toward the last couple of years of his school. His partner recently became an RN, and makes more than he does, even with his masters. He enjoys this.

I ended up going back to school, to a community college, to become an RN. The work was tolerable, and I could support my family. When I went for my masters, it didn't get me a job, mostly because the State of Michigan was closing down the system that I worked in. It did get day-shift for most of my time. I guess it was worth it.

~Sandee~

 

[dondje]

As long as they've got this Dude up front: :2thumbs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWgrvNHjKkY

Gotta love it!

While the cars that Uber is using have a person inside to monitor the situation and enter destination information, I suspect that soon there won't be a driver's seat.

The vehicles that Kroger is using in Texas and Pennsylvania for home grocery delivery don't even have seats or a steering wheel/joy stick. They look like a squared off VW micro bus.

Regards,

Don