Quote from: dogechode on March 27, 2014, 07:49:38 PM

I think it would be great if unnecessary jobs that don't really contribute anything useful to society were wiped out. Absolutely fantastic. You're going to get rid of middlemen? I salute you if you can, that would be a fantastic accomplishment.

As far as engineers and lawyers and others unable to find work... I call BS. I'm sorry but it's not just not that simple. Maybe you can't find work - in the area you want to live in, at the pay grade you think you deserve. But you could get a job if you really were determined to, you just might have to accept a lower wage than what you think you deserve and/or move to an area where that job is needed.

There are a LOT of people that aren't working right now because they have it stuck in their head that "I deserve 75k to do job xyz" but the market is only offering them 60k so they hold out and keep looking.... and don't get anywhere. Well, you aren't entitled to any particular salary, you just get the best you can based on what the market is willing to offer and your ability to present yourself as a desirable candidate.

Again, I find it funny how your ivory tower prevents you from understanding supply and demand of engineering jobs heh. I should clarify; I'm in talks right now for a job that will be paying me considerably more than I feel I deserve and most likely will get it, but it was literally just luck and knowing the right people that I was even considered over other more qualified people.

Before I found this position I was spending 8 hrs a day developing my online "brand", as for the past 6 months finding literally any engineering job internationally that was even remotely related to my work experience was getting me no where at all, and I was also working as a temp worker for a local agency doing promotional work in walmart for $11 dollars an hour which I wouldn't really consider to be high wages.

Just because the majority of engineers aren't humble doesn't mean we all aren't, I feel at this point like I deserve to make minimum wage even though I have an extremely wide array of skills, just because of how easy it is to outsource my skills to India for half of that, and I'm not out of that purgatory just yet as my papers aren't signed yet.