Low Income housing near Amherst Community (DR Horton) (professionals, move)

[Chaka]

Originally Posted by mrsb057

Right it should be a starting point not your primary source of income. Because someone chose to not do anything more with their life should not be my problem nor should we have to support them.

And hopefully in the current economic climate, you won't lose your job or find difficulty finding another.

But it happens.

[mrsb057]

Originally Posted by Chaka

And hopefully in the current economic climate, you won't lose your job or find difficulty finding another.

But it happens.

I work in the insurance business. I also made sure the career i chose would always be in need. I also maintain my education to ensure i am very marketable.

Having a military background and experience goes a long way.

God forbid if I did lose my job I can always go back to the military, and thankfully my husband and I have been saving like crazy. We dont live beyond our means.

Im sure sh*t happens but being prepared for it can have a huge impact.

[majormadmax]

Errrr....wasn't this thread about some public housing?

[mrsb057]

Originally Posted by majormadmax

Errrr....wasn't this thread about some public housing?

took a totally different turn.

[HisLilSecret]

Originally Posted by ryneone

I was unaware one need a college degree for that.

Just because a job is "blue collar" doesn't mean that an education isn't beneficial or sometimes necessary. A mechanic with an ASE certification is going to earn more than your run-of-the mill "shade tree" one. The same goes with construction and other manual labor jobs. People tend to look down on these individuals as being "uneducated" when that's not entirely true.

[Paka]

Heck, I think master plumbers and electricians make more than a general surgeon these days when you take the malpractice insurance into account...

[cr1039]

Originally Posted by ryneone

I was unaware one need a college degree for that.

A person with a 4 year degree is certainly not precluded from working as a mechanic or on another other "blue collar" job.

This is a great podcast I had posted last year in which the speaker proposes funneling SA teens from high school straight to trade school...

2007 Food for Thought Lecture Series


To make a reference to another thread, I know a retired plumber whose experience both as a plumber and in business school aided him in being quite the contractor. Enough so to be retired and live in a nice area of town.

To become a mechanic; aircraft, vehicle or otherwise; I would certainly assume that some sort of technical school is available.

I would also hope that a person could receive a scholarship to attend either a technical school or a more traditional 4 year college; depending on their desire and/or calling.

[Chaka]

Originally Posted by cr1039

A person with a 4 year degree is certainly not precluded from working as a mechanic or on another other "blue collar" job.

This is a great podcast I had posted last year in which the speaker proposes funneling SA teens from high school straight to trade school...

2007 Food for Thought Lecture Series


To make a reference to another thread, I know a retired plumber whose experience both as a plumber and in business school aided him in being quite the contractor. Enough so to be retired and live in a nice area of town.

To become a mechanic; aircraft, vehicle or otherwise; I would certainly assume that some sort of technical school is available.

I would also hope that a person could receive a scholarship to attend either a technical school or a more traditional 4 year college; depending on their desire and/or calling.

I have a friend who has a BA and is a mechanic. He always worked on cars, and after college it was a good job to continue. He makes more at that than many other white collar jobs and he likes it. It also allows his Ivy-league professor wife some flexibility to do her work. He probably makes the same $ she does.

[sapphire]

How would him being a mechanic allow his "Ivy-league professor wife" the flexibility to do her job any more or less than a 9-5 desk job? I'm seriously asking here....I don't know what I'm missing.

[Chaka]

Originally Posted by sapphire

How would him being a mechanic allow his "Ivy-league professor wife" the flexibility to do her job any more or less than a 9-5 desk job? I'm seriously asking here....I don't know what I'm missing.

To become an Ivy-League professor, she had to be able to move around (grad school, post doc, initial professorships) - i.e. her career had to come first. Being a mechanic, his job has been easily portable. If he had pursued a more intense white-collar career, they may not have had the flexibility to move to attain her current position. He's good, so it hasn't been difficult for him to set up shop in a new city and earn a good living. Mechanics are needed everywhere. His job also doesn't require him to travel, allowing her the flexibility to travel (while he's home for the kids) which is a significant part of her position as well.

Could have worked just as well in any job which was similarly portable, he just happens to be a mechanic. He loves what he does. He says he has a real sense of satisfaction at the end of the day, having fixed something, and often couldn't comprehend our work which sometimes takes years to get a result.....