Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I wish him the best of luck. MS in Aerospace Eng is certainly a specialized field and probably has a decent amount of opportunity after graduation. There are exceptions everywhere. Here in the US the job market isn't as rosy and the educated are increasingly being forced to work at very low wages. Phil Forrest On Fri, 11 May 2012 06:56:08 +0200 Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > I do not wish to sound smug or uncaring, but I just cannot share your > wholesale pessimism. I know that you have difficult circumstances and > for a variety of reasons that have little to do with the economy are > stuck in a depressed city. But I also know that my almost-23 year old > son will graduate with a Masters in aerospace engineering next year > (2013) and I know that thanks to his hard work at university, he will > have good grades and will very likely find a well-paying after > graduating. The only thing I do not know is exactly where that job > will be--given his specialty, it could be on either side of the > Atlantic. But it will certainly not be $7 an hour. > > And we are no 1-percenters. He attends a public university in England > and will graduate with a (modest) tuition debt. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > YNWA > > > > On May 11, 2012, at 4:01 AM, Chris Crawford wrote: > > > You have your head in the sand if you think that, Doug. The world > > has changed, and my generation will never be permitted the decent > > lives our parents had, no matter how hard we work. > > > > -- > > Chris Crawford > > Fine Art Photography > > Fort Wayne, Indiana > > 260-437-8990 > > > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > > > > > On 5/10/12 9:11 PM, "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > > wrote: > > > >> Phil Forrest wrote: > >> > >>> On Thu, 10 May 2012 15:28:26 -0400 > >>> Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> This thing is so far outside the realm of even remote > >>>> possibility for me that I frankly don't give a damn. What is > >>>> Leica going to do when all the old people who have money because > >>>> they began working before the $7 an hour economy was foisted > >>>> upon their children have died, leaving the impoverished young > >>>> who simply cannot even consider such equipment, no matter how > >>>> good it is. > >>>> > >>> > >>> I've been asking this question for years and no one will give me > >>> an answer that works, instead insisting that Leica will continue > >>> to exist. > >>> > >> > >> The people who were asking this question forty years ago (I was > >> there) now have the means to consider a Leica system. And it may > >> very well be less than forty years but some day in the future many > >> of today's younger adults will also be able to realistically buy > >> into a Leica camera system. > >> > >> Doug Herr > >> Birdman of Sacramento > >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > >> information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- http://philipforrestphoto.wordpress.com/ http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest