Originally Posted by Imp4
Originally Posted by sloinker
I will think of all you lucky white collar, stay at homers while I wedge myself into some hot dirty crack while negotiating repairs at the coal fired power plant. Jealous I am!
To be fair, most white collar STEM majors are not lucky. They set goals based on what they valued and then they worked hard to achieve those goals. They busted their butz through undergrad and grad school. They studied hard and long hours based on their own ambition, not someone simply handing them an engineering or computer science degree. They sacrificed their free time and chose to study when everyone else was out having fun. They chose subjects with difficult and complex coursework.
All this for the privilege to work 50 or 60+ hours a week and get paid for 40.
To be clear, this is not a complaint. Nor is it a judgement of those who chose a path other than white collar work.
It is just a statement of the facts of what is needed to get to that white collar job with the opportunity to work from home.
Take care and stay safe.
Cheers!!!
I agree with your sentiments. I'm not so sure that most folks working from home have advanced degrees. I may be wrong. It would be interesting to see the data of curriculum vitae and working from home since the current times came about.