Serious question, but fundamentally what is the difference between a degree in Monster Trucking and say, Fine Art? Both will essentially be a test of intelligence consisting of writing about a particular subject, is it just that Fine Art is a highbrow subject and therefore considered OK for a job in a hedge fund?
because school is the intelligence test. higher education should be about a skill you can take into a work place and use to DO A JOB. so unless you are going to build a monster truck and show it, or work in a fine art gallery then both of those courses are ****.
on another note, this air-con and refrigeration discussion, how much would an engineer get payed/hr - ish? i'm looking at doing something along these lines, would be nice to do a night school or something like that.
also, back on topic, my opinion -
the economy is going backwards, and it's doing so because of a price war and once again peoples ''entitlement" to the high life driven on by the constant price wars.
if people want to pay a LOW LOW LOW price for something then corners have to be cut, so the retailer slashes sales staff wages in favour of slashing a couple of quid off of the bottom line against the goods. this then gets reflected up the chain, once again they go "bean counting" to drive the cost of product down. so lower engineer wages worse product quality.
now, i don't see the attitude changing anytime soon. but i hope that some trend setter will bring back the company direction of having pride in the product and your company and start paying well and charging more but excelling at quality. Too much weight has been put in "slashing budgets and maximising profit".