Reporters as fans

[Sports Barf]

My son graduated from BU in 2007. He had a double major and one of them was communications. He makes real good money today running digital communications to the public by the New York subway system. My daughter graduated in 2011, a double major in poli sci and French literature. She makes good money living in Bordeaux, France working at a wine exporting firm. Don't slag BU. Evidence doesn't support it.

Marisa Ingemi went to BU and she just got fired for being bad at her job

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Marisa Ingemi went to BU and she just got fired for being bad at her job

Larry Summers got fired from his job as PRESIDENT of Harvard because he was bad at that job. Doesn't have anything to do with the two schools.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

That guy who fixes your toilet makes a heck of a lot more than you.

Isn't that some sh .... ah, I can't finish it. Can't flush the thought, either.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

You'll notice that I previously said "change their major" rather than "quit school and find a trade."

It might be elitist, but I'll continue to stand behind the value of higher education. Especially when I see mouth-breathers on social media suggesting that 18-year-olds should be required to provide two years of military service before they're allowed to go to college.

Is it too expensive? Are we saddling young people with bills they can't meet? Yes, we are, and THAT is what needs to be addressed. But you get more out of a college education than what you learn in class.

Sure you do. Not questioning that (and, yes, that last post was a joke. Anyone who looks down on people in trades is proof that some village is missing its idiot).

But try telling that to two people who I worked with in my last newsroom, both of whom have five figures in student debt. Didn't exactly go to what are considered elite schools. Yet, both were toiling at $12-an-hour gigs where that four-year degree was supposedly necessary to have the skills for the opportunity at the $12-per-hour gig. Where both had been for two years without raises because the company has them in the "they're lucky to still have a job" BS mindset instead of actually rewarding them for doing solid work.

Small wonder both of them had second jobs. That's just a little messed up.

 

[Bud_Bundy]

I have a nephew who owns his own plumbing company. He had no desire to go to college when he finished high school, so he went to a vocational school to learn the trade. He worked for another company for a couple of years, then went out on his own. He started as a one-man operation, now he has 5 crews and he mainly supervises. His company does no advertising, they only do plumbing for construction companies building new houses. He is rolling in work and rolling in dough. And he'll barely charge family for work that needs done. He installed a dishwasher for us recently and didn't want to charge us for anything other than the cost of the dishwasher. He has a 1-year-old daughter, so I wrote the check for extra and told him to buy things for the little one.

 

[Fdufta]

Plumbers, electricians, carpenters, etc. are going to be making so much money in the future because none of us have any idea on how to fix anything. They live a much better life than journalists, too, I'd imagine.

 

[JC]

Marisa Ingemi went to BU and she just got fired for being bad at her job

Well then, it must be a joke of a school. One person losing a job is an accurate reflection of the merits of a school.

 

[Scout]

Simmons and Portnoy are entertainers and not journalists. That's not a bad thing.

You run a fan-boi podcast, blog, app or any social media stuff, have at it. Packers beat writer retweets Ohio State stuff? No problem. Retweets Arizona Cardinals stuff? Problem. Ohio State beat writer roots for the Suns or the Chargers? No biggie. Roots for UCLA? Keep that private.

And if you cover high schools, know the forking colors of the teams playing because you don't want to be wearing any of those colors during the game. because half of the place will hate you.

 

[goalmouth]

Many if not most contractors end up crippled or worse. They don't all sit around managing crews. It's not the years, it's the mileage.

 

[MileHigh]

Plumbers, electricians, carpenters, etc. are going to be making so much money in the future because none of us have any idea on how to fix anything. They live a much better life than journalists, too, I'd imagine.

My sister and brother-in-law lived a very nice life. And the company was sold for a good amount of money.

 

[playthrough]

Plumbers, electricians, carpenters, etc. are going to be making so much money in the future because none of us have any idea on how to fix anything. They live a much better life than journalists, too, I'd imagine.

The guy who refinished our hardwood floors only did them as a side gig. For the fat sum we paid him (and worth every cent), he could have well been a full-time journalist with lousy pay. Just do a house or two a month to pay the bills.

 

[jr/shotglass]

The guy who refinished our hardwood floors only did them as a side gig. For the fat sum we paid him (and worth every cent), he could have well been a full-time journalist with lousy pay. Just do a house or two a month to pay the bills.

Such people are good with their hands, good at building things. Of course they're necessary in the world.

But let's not kid ourselves, either. There is a current backlash in society against the accumulation of book-learnin' and intellectual knowledge. (And it's mainly coming from one side of the aisle, while we're at it.)

And of course, the size of one's weekly paycheck is not the overriding definition of one's worth.