Subj : Re: Screens Distract Stud
To   : DR. WHAT
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Mon Apr 14 2025 02:18:00

RM> Possibly I misspoke.. From my own experience trying out several
RM> different occupations through my working life I never thought of
RM> any of them as a career, just a paycheque as long as I didn't hate
RM> working there too much. To my way of thinking a career is more that
RM> you are trained to do just one thing and expect to do it for life
RM> and may be in serious trouble if that occupation becomes obsolete.

DW>For most of us, our careers evolve over time.

This is true, but in a lot of cases, you are doing just a basic
job and there's nowhere to go from there. You do it well and you
keep the job but if that job is suddenly replaced by some AI Bot
you may find your training to now be worthless.

DW>I knew I wanted to go into computers at 13 and worked toward that.  But
  >computers in what?  I've bopped from warehousing systems, to engine control
  >systems, to medical systems.

That's training in the use of a tool that can be used in many places
though so you'd have options to move to another employer easily.

DW>Heck, if things go the way I think, I may end up teaching before I retire.

Ha.. I was once offered the chance to teach computers as well. By that
point I wasn't looking for a 'regular' job anymore so I didn't get
involved. I probably could have gotten the position since it was my
sister who offered it to me, and she was a former teacher and now
the head of the teacher's union..    Friends in low places..   B)

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