[AT] Agricultural Equipment Diagnostic Technicians

[Henry Miller]

Not being able to get a job with your degree is common. I'd recommend a good degree over a trade everyday. However only if you get a hood degree. I work in an air conditioned office on hot summer days, when it is cold the heat is comfortable. 

A couple years ago one of my coworkers got all excited about the noble prize winner that year. When he was a physics senior he was talking to that winner about doing a PhD with her on what she got the prize for. They he realized that there are 7 jobs for physics PhDs every year, which was the number of physics students in just his little school... He got his physics degree, but started looking for a way to transform that into a career with demand. 

I need to get back to my tractors. 

-- 
  Henry Miller
  hank at millerfarm.com

On Sat, Aug 24, 2019, at 10:14 PM, James Peck wrote:
> I have an in-law that spent 6 years in the Navy and got sent to an A 
> level school and trained as an Electronic Technician. After he got out 
> of the Navy he got a BS degree in Mathematics using the Gi bill. After 
> graduating from the Math program he was dissatisfied with the jobs 
> being or not being offered to him and returned to study Electrical 
> Engineering. Probably he could have used his Electronic Technician 
> training to get a related job and then use his Math degree to get into 
> an engineering level job at that same employer.
> 
> People choose academic programs with no idea that they will like the 
> career or be good at it. Even worse, they choose programs for which 
> there is NO career or is overfilled.
> 
> [John Hall] Interesting comments on trades vs 4 year schools. My son 
> just began college, Math major. He has book sense way more than 
> most--gifted in brains and the desire to learn on a higher level. On 
> the other hand, he can't change the oil in his truck without my 
> assistance. I tried very hard to teach him the basics of farming and 
> mechanic work, but thats just not how his mind works. For folks like 
> that, 4 year degrees are where its at. Myself, I didn't have the brains 
> or the desire to go to 4 years of school, so I went to community 
> college and have spent the last 30 years in a machine shop.
> 
> Schooling should match the student, that is my families take on the situation.
> 
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