Re: Outlook for Pharmacy (was "Message for Carol")

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Why map out a 10 year plan? Just go trade. Whats the hold up?

On 5/13/06, L wrote:
> On 5/13/06, Mr. Blue wrote:
>> On 5/12/06, L wrote:
>>>
>>> Blue, you need a hands-on blue-collar job that can't be
>>> outsourced.
>>
>> I suspect that you're suggesting that my concern about this issue
> is
>> overblown and/or that I'm not willing to fight it out amongst
>> competition in a difficult field. However, I believe that it needs
>> to be a very serious consideration when deciding whether or not to
>> make an investment of time, money, and opportunity cost in career
>> training today, especially during a period of structural economic
>> upheaval when career tracks that are available today could be gone
>> tomorrow.
>>
> Blue, sorry, wrong tone perhaps. I meant it half-seriously. You're
> right that most professional work can, and will be outsourced; thus
> the hands-on blue collar jobs provide a safer harbour. There's
> nothing wrong with becoming a licensed automechanic, for example.
> It'd be like doing another degree in an area where there should be a
> foreseeable demand.
>
> For myself, I plan to go back to trading. As long as markets exist,
> you can always trade. Also, I've mapped out a 5-10 year massive
> self-growh/self-training program in: computer science, liberal arts,
> business, sciences, etc., similar to the "ideal education" I
> mentioned a few posts back. Part of the program will include
> gaining professional-level competence in blue-collar trades like
> automechanics and electronics.