https://www.isegoria.net/2014/08/practical-guidance-for-prudent-students/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 01 May 2026 21:33:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2014/08/practical-guidance-for-prudent-students/comment-page-1/#comment-1469125 Toddy Cat Thu, 21 Aug 2014 19:47:35 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=36047#comment-1469125 That might work — for now. But there are a lot of good plumbers, electricians, and carpenters south of the border who could make a lot more here. Heck, I can remember college kids working as roofers to make money in the summer — not anymore.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2014/08/practical-guidance-for-prudent-students/comment-page-1/#comment-1469050 Gwern Thu, 21 Aug 2014 19:17:28 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=36047#comment-1469050 I’d guess he’d recommend they go into the trades.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2014/08/practical-guidance-for-prudent-students/comment-page-1/#comment-1468890 Toddy Cat Thu, 21 Aug 2014 18:22:32 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=36047#comment-1468890 Caplan is usually a compass pointing south — you could build quite a life and career for yourself just doing the opposite of what he says. He does have a point, there are a lot of people in college who really shouldn’t be there, but thanks to guys like Caplan the jobs that people who didn’t go to college used to do are now being done by Mexicans, or have been sent offshore. So what are kids in the left half of the bell curve supposed to do, shine Caplan’s shoes? Probably. Heckuva job, Bryan.

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