*Sigh* such a big point you make, and I'm living in the middle of it. Unfortunately, i actually *like* the paperpushing cubie jobs. I actually aspire to be the help desk nerd because, as the blue collar website states, THAT'S WHAT I'M GOOD AT. I can actually explain computerese to the normals in terms that they'll understand, and I have that customer service gene so rare in nerds. Of course, when there is a job opening, i'm going up against hoards of BS'ed and MS'ed grads and MCSEs who wouldn't know a command line if they fell over it all fighting tooth and nail for a $28k a year job. What sense does this make?
So, of course, I end up at a temp agency and now i'm doing manual labor, and i'm actually liking it. I'm helping set up a cadaver lab (no, really). Minus the dead bodies, of course. But it is funny... there is me, an office temp done up in my office attire working along side of and doing a very similar job to construction workers, and i'm making HALF of what they make, and I don't get to wear jeans even.
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Date: 2005-02-19 03:17 am (UTC)So, of course, I end up at a temp agency and now i'm doing manual labor, and i'm actually liking it. I'm helping set up a cadaver lab (no, really). Minus the dead bodies, of course. But it is funny... there is me, an office temp done up in my office attire working along side of and doing a very similar job to construction workers, and i'm making HALF of what they make, and I don't get to wear jeans even.