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To: neverdem
A new hire in this position must have knowledge of programming, metallurgy, cutting-tool technology, geometry, drafting, and engineering. Today’s factory worker is less Joe Six-Pack and more Renaissance man.

That's exactly how American workers earn higher wages than their counterparts in less-developed states: with the proper know-how, they produce more value per worker.

For decades, Americans have been told that the future lies in high-end services, such as law, and “creative” professions, such as software-writing and systems design. This has led many pundits to think that the only real way to improve opportunities for the country’s middle class is to increase its access to higher education.

There is plenty of value in knowing how to properly design, implement, operate, and secure networked computer systems, both software and hardware.

13 posted on 12/09/2011 9:40:17 PM PST by rabscuttle385 (Live Free or Die)
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To: rabscuttle385
A new hire in this position must have knowledge of programming, metallurgy, cutting-tool technology, geometry, drafting, and engineering.

Yeah...

Sure...

38 posted on 12/10/2011 3:32:18 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
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