> more rigorous degrees with higher likelihoods of stable pay (e.g. medical/engineering)
this is the dumbest thing ever. first off, they already chased degrees that paid better -- they went STEM.
secondly, things change a lot in 4 years. the 2020 college freshman is now getting screwed for choosing STEM right now, today. 4 years ago it was a good choice, 2 years ago it was shaky, and now it's a mess.
medicine is also certainly not a solution, as programs are extremely competitive and take 8+ years to complete from undergrad through residency. and not all medical fields are magically lucrative or in demand.
Not all STEM are equal. I would be surprised if significant numbers of electrical/chemical/civil/mechanical engineers are unemployed.
But the more important thing is if tuition and other expenses are low (which they are if one goes to state school or community college for first 2 years), then even a different job can provide enough income to service debt.
Why are the relative difficulties relevant? Either way, those career options offer stable, recurring cash flow of at least 50th percentile income, with PA offering even more.
> It often isnt about saving money, it is about having fragile immigrant workers on a leash that you can control with the constant threat of layoff--->deportation
and also the carrot of actual sponsorship. two paths to motivation.
and some will get made into full-timers -- I've seen it -- but it just centralizes control
aye was my thought. lifting things will drain it faster.
we're also talking in raw miles, straight line, no hills, decent weather. I'm in a hilly city that gets to -30C on the regular, and these factors could turn 150 miles in to 75 pretty fast.
>So demanding to know beforehand feels needlessly antagonistic.
I said it was an open question and the company was betting on peoples stated preferences being identical to their revealed ones.
I never "demanded" anything. I just said that the articles you posted were irrelevant to the question, as physical buttons and large displays can exist at the same time.
It sounds like the gauge cluster will in fact be a screen, and it will probably display the federally mandated backup camera feed. I think this is a good middle ground.
there were lots of reasons to go west, since Europe was desperate and starved for spices and goods from the Silk Road.
the Ottomans had cut them off following the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 (or where they didn't they taxed the hell out of them).
they knew for sure there was good stuff over there, and just wanted a new way there.
we know for sure that Mars is blasted, toxic, rock ball with less metal than Earth. what great and grand spices will future explorers be returning with? the Portuguese could prove that nutmeg and silk existed...
Keeping them alive and returning them doesn't require "a leap" which is the central point of OP I am disagreeing with. We have all the technology, material science etc to do it.
Sure, it requires some research, engineering and a crapload of investment, but it doesn't require anything that is currently "science fiction".
this is the dumbest thing ever. first off, they already chased degrees that paid better -- they went STEM.
secondly, things change a lot in 4 years. the 2020 college freshman is now getting screwed for choosing STEM right now, today. 4 years ago it was a good choice, 2 years ago it was shaky, and now it's a mess.
medicine is also certainly not a solution, as programs are extremely competitive and take 8+ years to complete from undergrad through residency. and not all medical fields are magically lucrative or in demand.