tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post2108417750920120016..comments2024-03-25T16:44:35.555-04:00Comments on Sixbears in the Woods: Job SecuritySixbearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-88593851008369246062016-12-08T11:33:56.294-05:002016-12-08T11:33:56.294-05:00So it's always been, I suppose.So it's always been, I suppose.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-89013166546564493792016-12-08T11:33:25.736-05:002016-12-08T11:33:25.736-05:00Sometimes you just luck into things, but then you&...Sometimes you just luck into things, but then you've got to make the best of it. Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-74519883186445361512016-12-08T11:32:44.041-05:002016-12-08T11:32:44.041-05:00I tell people I'm self-unemployed.I tell people I'm self-unemployed.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-47278630916423906422016-12-08T11:32:22.898-05:002016-12-08T11:32:22.898-05:00There's a real push for self driving trucks. M...There's a real push for self driving trucks. Many of those jobs will suddenly go away. <br /><br />The welders I knew always seemed to have steady enough work. Sometimes they had to drive to distant job sites, but it was work.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-23992017883297769652016-12-08T11:31:07.279-05:002016-12-08T11:31:07.279-05:00I suspect interesting times are ahead of us.I suspect interesting times are ahead of us.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-9518996105632770362016-12-08T11:30:42.739-05:002016-12-08T11:30:42.739-05:00I suspected something was off as it looked like my...I suspected something was off as it looked like my guidance counselor seemed to really hate his job. <br /><br />In the ninth grade you knew how to game the system.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-27512169098713674692016-12-08T11:29:12.591-05:002016-12-08T11:29:12.591-05:00Yes, that would be fine.Yes, that would be fine.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-42460231313142382522016-12-08T10:34:45.343-05:002016-12-08T10:34:45.343-05:00you do whatever it takes to keep the house warm an...you do whatever it takes to keep the house warm and food on the dinner table<br /><br />WildflowerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-49135467955281165482016-12-08T09:26:27.167-05:002016-12-08T09:26:27.167-05:00This is a wise and very pertinent column. Would it...This is a wise and very pertinent column. Would it be all right with you if I post it on facebook - with attribution to you, of course?woodhathhopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10366683078439638213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-63584231503220253432016-12-08T08:36:18.643-05:002016-12-08T08:36:18.643-05:00I must have been a real burnout in high school, I ...I must have been a real burnout in high school, I don't think I ever talked to a guidance counselor. Just a year younger than you, I was taking building trades classes when I received a college application, sent it in, and was accepted. Took a computer class my second term and hit it off very well with that.<br /><br />Been interesting watching the ebb and flow of jobs over the years. My nephews are doing well, three of them have engineering type jobs with the big auto companies.<br />-JustjohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-22650581634613844012016-12-08T08:01:09.886-05:002016-12-08T08:01:09.886-05:00I have always made a living as a carpenter. It was...I have always made a living as a carpenter. It was not really a choice, it is just the way it worked out. Years ago at your typical social gatherings people would ask me what I did for a living and I would tell them. Their response was without fail, "oh good you'll always have something to fall back on"... nothing pissed me off more... no ... it IS what I do for a living... It got so I could tell what their response would be when they first asked the question. It got so I used to say "I do nothing, I'm a kept man, I live off her" and pointed at my then girlfriend, just mess with them and watch them react in horror.Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-21774277252002983472016-12-08T07:56:37.615-05:002016-12-08T07:56:37.615-05:00Few welders jobs are outsourced to China either. I...Few welders jobs are outsourced to China either. I'm not talking production line welders (those are done by machines) but real, honest to god welders jobs. <br /><br />Other stuff like that is Truck Driving (shippers are SCREAMING for drivers) and heavy equipment operators...those can't be outsourced.B https://www.blogger.com/profile/10586046436233366155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-7075200153706988162016-12-08T07:23:26.317-05:002016-12-08T07:23:26.317-05:00In today's economy, having multiple streams of...In today's economy, having multiple streams of income and LIVING BELOW YOUR MEANS is the way to multiply wealth. A small modest home vs. the McMansion that keeps you in the yoke until you die. I hope the Trump era brings jobs back to the U.S. I only hope the U.S. workers is ready for the challenges.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-17763438221279120402016-12-08T00:47:35.862-05:002016-12-08T00:47:35.862-05:00When I was a ninth grader in junior high, I just w...When I was a ninth grader in junior high, I just wanted to be a farmer like my dad, but we were expected to research something like six different jobs that would interest us and do reports on them for the guidance counselor. So, I found six different ways to describe farming, approached it from six different angles and handed in my reports. That met the counselor's requirements, so she was as happy as a clam and never said a word. Talk about wasted tax-payer money!Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.com