If there is one thing the workers can't stand, it is occasionally getting paid to go fishing or crack open a cold one and grill outdoors.

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

this was like 10+ years ago, they could've even learned react and made good money and half of 'em retired before the post-covid bubble burst.

there were better options than teaching boomers to use computers they could've tried but the job-as-identity freaks wouldn't go for it regardless

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I think you're misunderstanding how easy it is to translate those skills and just "make them learn it". They are blue-collar tradesmen at heart and while their line of work directly harms the planet, trying to get them into a desk-job is just nearly impossible. Not entirely, but I guarantee you it's a 1 out of 10 kind of thing with the people I've known whom are into coal-mining. Most of the time, it's a generational family thing less of a "job-as-identity" thing.

    "job-as-identity" isn't exactly being a freak. Making it your whole personality, sure, but there are a lot of people who take pride in what they do and genuinely enjoy doing it. I know I enjoy the trade I am in and losing all access to it and getting told "just code lol" would justifiably make me pissed too.

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