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Old 02-17-2021, 09:19 AM
 
Location: Providence, RI
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I'm starting to wonder about how many people are leaving positions and how much harder it is going to be to get them back once things kinda get back to "normal".

An old colleague of mine is now a real estate agent. I checked out his background and he started in September. I thought he was big into higher ed.

I know people that are clanged to higher ed. So they did their undergrad, graduate, internships and maybe even a job at the same place. Or they were RA's in dorms and moved up. Anyways this guy literally has spent 12 years of his life and moved up to be a director of RA for an entire college...and left. He is not dumb. He has a master and just finished a doctorate last year.
That could be less about COVID and more about real estate being lucrative right now. I have two friends that left their jobs to get into real estate in the past year. One was an RN, the other was a marketing professional. I doubt either of them would have made the same move in 2008. To be honest, while I enjoy what I'm doing, real estate has always had some appeal to me and it's one of the few fields I could see myself getting into if I were to ever make a big change.
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Old 02-17-2021, 09:31 AM
 
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Wow leaving an RN position for a real estate agent one seems like a gamble unless you really know people. Even though MA real estate is booming, it is very competitive to be a real estate agent. It takes a while to get your name out there and to build a base.
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Old 02-17-2021, 09:50 AM
 
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Big news today that Gov Baker is opening up the vaccine guidelines, if you have 2+ issues...

Noon time press conference could be a good one.
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Old 02-17-2021, 09:57 AM
 
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Big news today that Gov Baker is opening up the vaccine guidelines, if you have 2+ issues...

Noon time press conference could be a good one.
And 65+. Took 'em long enough.
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Old 02-17-2021, 09:59 AM
 
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So if you are obese and smoke, you can get it. But if you are a teacher, you cannot?

Im sorry. That doesnt make sense to me.
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Old 02-17-2021, 09:59 AM
 
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That could be less about COVID and more about real estate being lucrative right now. I have two friends that left their jobs to get into real estate in the past year. One was an RN, the other was a marketing professional. I doubt either of them would have made the same move in 2008. To be honest, while I enjoy what I'm doing, real estate has always had some appeal to me and it's one of the few fields I could see myself getting into if I were to ever make a big change.
I'm not putting down real estate agents as I just bought a house, mine was great. But I think there's a difference between some that do it as a hobby or switch and those that do it all the time.

I don't see any RA type of job lasting when there's not much of a reason for students to be on campus. Maintaining empty buildings isn't exactly a good career choice right now either.
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Old 02-17-2021, 10:44 AM
 
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So if you are obese and smoke, you can get it. But if you are a teacher, you cannot?

Im sorry. That doesnt make sense to me.
That's what happens when you take a plan designed by Fed beaurcrats and stick to it. Teachers are in the next group.

At least this is a big enough pool that there shouldn't be any slack in appointments anymore.
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Old 02-17-2021, 11:04 AM
 
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That's what happens when you take a plan designed by Fed beaurcrats and stick to it. Teachers are in the next group.

At least this is a big enough pool that there shouldn't be any slack in appointments anymore.
I suspect it has more to do with managing hospital loads. A healthy 20-40 something teacher isn't at huge risk for hospitalization despite the higher exposure risk.

Edit: This isn't an excuse for MA's otherwise poor rollout. It's clear talking to town admin, FD chief, PCP, etc. that communication has been horrendous.
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Old 02-17-2021, 11:11 AM
 
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Oh, I certainly understand that an obese smoker has a higher chance of hospitalization without the vaccine, but if I were a teacher - Id be pissed I wasnt ahead of that person (assuming I was a non-obese, non-smoking teacher....)

Hey... What if I was an obese, smoking teacher.... I could get the vaccine.

... and when you fill the form out - and it asks 'which categories' are you in - who is to say that Im <not> an obese, smoking teacher. if I go in there....

Like, do they do a BMI test or something, or check out my briefcase (pocketbook) for smokes.... I mean, really....
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Old 02-17-2021, 11:17 AM
 
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Oh, I certainly understand that an obese smoker has a higher chance of hospitalization without the vaccine, but if I were a teacher - Id be pissed I wasnt ahead of that person (assuming I was a non-obese, non-smoking teacher....)

Hey... What if I was an obese, smoking teacher.... I could get the vaccine.
Better a pissed off teacher than another occupied ICU bed or worse, a bagged body. Based on decisions to date, me thinks the actuaries have more sway than public sector unions.
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