[knarf]

"People in the middle [of their careers] tend to suffer from not an awful lot of investment because they are steady people, they know their job and are really good at it. What we find is that people don't tend to move on for more money unless something has made them think about money. And the thing that tends to make them think about money is dissatisfaction in a job and that might be because no-one is investing in their development and they don’t feel valued anymore."

An interesting quote.

I met guys that were in their 30's/early 40's that were approaching being millionaires. They didn't seem to want much of anything except to work. I thought it an intriguing perception.

If I was mid 20's and strong/healthy ... I'd sell my soul to the oil/gas industry for about three years, learn some stuff and settle into a very comfortable life.

The money would go into buying an island somewhere and I'd go off and be a missionary or something.

[proxy_user]

Are they talking about line workers, or guys with college degrees in petroleum engineering?

[Opinionated Blowhard]

This article makes this phenomenon sound like its something new. There have been boom industries through out our history and people work like crazy in them, and some of the workers spend every cent they make, and then burn out. The smart ones realize that the good times won’t keep rolling and save some money.

[freerepublicchat]

Gen X grew up under Reagan and they work hard.

Gen Y grew up under Clinton and they're on the dole.

It's frightening to consider what Gen Obama will become.

[LS]

So now, unable to stop the shift toward shale, they will try to demonize it as “inhuman” to the workers. Nice try.

[Republican Extremist]

I’ve been thinking about a career change, and moving out west to get in on the Bakken Boom, but I have no contacts. Does anyone here have any information they can pass on?

[a fool in paradise]

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