Just waiting for the bubble to explode.
Even with 2018 recreational vehicle shipments down 4 percent from the previous year, the mood among dealers at the 59th annual Fort Wayne RV and Camping Show was upbeat because the industry is expecti...
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jplante4 wrote:
I ran into this kind of snobbery all my working life. I taught myself to program starting with Intel assembler. In the early eighties, if you could spell Intel you could get a job. Later, the issue of a degree started coming up on interviews. I did 5 years of night school in math (CS degrees were not available at night) and learned more about tech at my first job at a startup than I did in the 5 years of night school. So I quit throwing my time and money away on school and threw myself into the fray.
I found that no matter how much experience I had in the industry, my prospects were limited because I never got a degree. The world is so tilted toward that piece of paper that it doesn't recognize the value of an education obtained without it.
That is when you risk it and venture out on your own. I completely understand your frustration. But as hard as it has been on me and my family that is one of the best things that happened to me. After I was downsized (fired) after twenty years in my industry and decided to do contract work and jump out of the hamster wheel.
