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by gerdesj 87 days ago
Please don't tell people to RTFA. I have and it is still entitled rambling bollocks.

Is this really leading edge ... whatever it is supposed to be:

"The popular horse-switching fantasy answer is retraining. “Go back to school and become an engineer.” In theory, yes. In practice, rarely. The jump from an assembly-line worker to an engineer requires years of schooling and a different educational foundation."

They might as well pat the person who is losing their livelihood on the head and say "there, there, it will all come good in the wash".