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Subject:RE: Rates (was The Lone Writer) From:DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 28 Jan 2003 06:41:06 -0700
Tell him to be a *nurse* instead. There is a tremendous shortage of nurses
all over the country, and (to paraphrase your friend) there will always be
sick people in the world. Hospitals are less dangerous than prisons, the
pay is pretty good, part-time and overtime work are both options, the
degree takes two years, there are terrific scholarships available, and
it's possible to work past "retirement age," if you want.
Dan Goldstein
<snip>
> I've mentioned this before, but it bears repeating. One of the most
> pragmatic men I ever met worked with me on a loading dock, but was
> studying to be a prison guard, explaining that he was sick of getting laid
> off, and he figured the job would be steady because "there would always be
> bad guys in the world." He's right, and probably has a job for life now.
>
> Keith Cronin
>
</snip>
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