Actually, I will say thank you. The whole concept of dueling pianos is successful because people come out request songs and sing-along. It only works well if the crowd is willing to be interact and be stupid with us. If any of you are ever out in Austin and want to come to Pete's e-mail me at johnkingtx@gmail.com and I can usually get you and your group in without a cover charge.
I have only worked 5 weeks but my job is super easy so far... I work as a staff accountant and all I do is prepare reports for my boss or update documents.. pretty straight forward, I dont even need a college degree to do this stuff but they require one probably 2/5
The "brain capacity" thing is part of the poll and that statement is true. Stop sounding butthurt brah.
I totally feel like I'm replaceable. But then again there aren't many people doing the things I do so I chose 4/5.
Pretty sure that's for your benefit, pup. Otherwise, low turnover and internal, well-documented reporting rules would render you worthless compared to some lifer whose uncle got him the job out of high school back in the Carter administration. Might not want to throw away the Manhattan, Kaplan or Becker/Conviser books just yet.
I have a big problem with the IT industry earning more than minimum wage. The people are always out of shape and unattractive, lazy, unhealthy and create a product that makes the world braindead and lazy, just like them. Yeah, it makes processes more efficient, but sometimes too much efficiency is a bad thing because it takes the sensation out of life. All this money going to people living an unnatural life allows them to hog the services of the traditionally aesthetic people and create a public environment full of sloth and decadence. It's just embarrassing to go to the movies and see guys with potbellies hanging off their jorts, socks up to their knees, and 5 treys of junk food hauling themselves around like they're not paraplegic. I also think nurses should get paid more and doctors that operate a lot on trial and error (gastro, derma, psych, ent) paid a lot less. The whole medical field in general (in the US) needs to shift away from so much specialization and have more general docs. I'd like to pay teachers more, but the bottomline is that very few of them are influential and truly know how to pass down wisdom. Unfortunately this world is too PC to set up a screening process for that, but it would be nice if the charismatic or wise (not just intelligent) ones could be well compensated to provide their families with a better lifestyle and allow them to take breaks from the monotony of repetition - to further explore their interests.
I can only say that this doesn't seem prudent to me off the bat. Specialization has its uses. I had to have 3 outpatient surgeries for the same deep-tissue infection, twice with a general surgeon (both absurdly bad results), and a third and last time with an expensive specialist after I learned my lesson. Lo and behold I'm 100% healthy and active again.
Specialization comes in handy for serious cases - but the majority of health issues are not so serious and the lack of general docs is what really has medical prices soaring through the roof in the US. There's too much ambivalence and hesitation while shuttling patients from 1 specialist to another and a lot of the times it's because they don't have a big picture view of things and how they relate to illness. And it results in a system that only covers up the symptoms but doesn't treat the cause. You'll get a better idea of what i'm talking about if you go to doctors in other countries. Again, when it comes to cancer and other serious illnesses I have no doubt the US is the best, but I'm talking about the other 90% of health issues that aren't as life threatening, but still an issue you can't ignore.
At first I thought troll, until I detected a lack of understanding, knowledge, and a fundamental grasp of economics. IT people keep the world rolling. For example, one of our groups controls power plants. If they make poor decisions, you could be without power at some point in the next month. Most people have no idea what goes into keeping the electrical grid up and running. They get paid a decent wage because approximately 1 in 11 people are cut out to be a programmer. Maybe one half to one third of them have the people skills and motivation and professionalism to be useful for a particular role. It's not rocket science, but it's rare enough that they get paid. Teachers get paid crap because literally anyone who can make it through college can become a bad teacher, and unions prevent the bad ones from getting fired. Easy entry + low attrition = oversupply and low wages.
Obviously IT people keep the world rolling, and that's why the world today has so many problems. Kids glued to their blackberries every time they step out of the room, p*rn on demand, everything on demand, too much convenience, no real movement necessary, isolation from the sensation of life, a lifestyle of overindulgence in a sedentary way, sloth and decadence. Programming is definitely a form of skilled labor that not everyone can do, but I don't like the world it creates and the people it attracts. How many of the people in your group who strictly deal with programming are in shape? How many of them have curvy or pretty girlfriends? I guess the IT world is just a perverse form of engineering. Engineering, a noble, long lasting profession of coordination and logistics has come to this. The King of France would weep.
It seems you like to think you're smart enough to appear enlightened and offer edification to others on the internet, but you're actually just too stupid to know when you sound like an idiot. Either that or you're a troll, in which case kudos to you for investing so much of your life into creating this persona.
I tend to agree with Ronny on education. We need higher pay for teachers, but that also means higher qualifications level. I had a really good biology teacher in high school. I'm practically brain dead when it comes to science, but this dude made it seem so simple. Then I see him drive this old, tiny, beat down Corolla around school. All the while the Principal, who did nothing but bring down the school (Lamar) to Yates' level, drive around in his much newer SUV. I've had experience in teaching and I think it's one of those 4/5 type of job. To be able to teach it well and motivate students... I had a difficult time doing the latter.
Yikes, what nerd stole your wife? I consider IT a trade more than an educated field. Experience is king, as with plumbing, carpentry, electricians, etc. The experience is garnered sitting on your ass working on IT related issues. It's not a physical job. It attracts people who aren't physical. I agree that nerds are fairly out of shape, but that has nothing to do with their impact or job worth. Look at it this way; with the relative health of these guys, the turnover rate will be relatively quick. This is silly. Specialists make the advancements in their fields, leading to new treatments and cures. Why not make more for expertise? The problem here (the US) is the public school system- it's a factory. It's completely standardized to a point where teachers are just regurgitating set curriculum. They don't need to be special, although many of them are. If you want to see well paid happy teachers doing different things, check out private or charter schools. Check out this video: <object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zDZFcDGpL4U?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zDZFcDGpL4U?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> I'm curious as to what you do for a living, Ronny.
I dont work in public, I work in industry my becker just expired and I never sat for the cpa, my boss has never asked me about it yet and I don't think they care whether I ever pass that stuff I did an internship with the Big 4 and hated it and now everyone I talked to who has gone full time either quit or is about to...
agree with this but it's a lot easier for private schools and charter schools to get results when they get to control who enters their student bodies. certainly paying teachers more would help but there is no easy solution to america's education woes. i'm a lawyer myself but have many teacher friends who work much harder and stress out much more than i do for much less money. i'd say teachers in the public school system certainly have the toughest jobs relative to how much they are paid.
