Comments by "Mike Nixon" (@mikenixon2401) on "Shane Hummus" channel.

  1. Agreed, brother boomer.
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  2. Don't feel bad. I, also a creature of 1970s educational propaganda, quickly learned upon graduation that all the "you can do anything with this" factories were all closed. So I talked a local news magazine managing editor to let me start in the print shop (yep still melting led and cleaning in off type), then learned real film photography. I was so thrilled when I got called into the boss' office to receive a story assignment. From there I had a great print and broad cast career, that included travel and experiences most people will never have ... until modern computer technology and younger fresh journalism school grads that cut and pasted their stories from the Internet retired me. Well, I know what real work was like. I'd be willing to bet, these young punks could never do what we in each of our ultimate trades have done. BTW, I also paid off my student loans all by myself.
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  3. Where were you 55 years ago? You are correct. I "earned" the degree and was basically tricked into debt (I thought it was required), but I truly learned my trade with 48 years of doing it. Today -- except for medicine and other sciences -- I advocate a return to the practices of apprentice to journeyman to master tradesman.
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  4. I endorse, with the exception of medical professions, on-the-job training. Return to interns, journeymen and master in a trade. Even going to trade schools is better than useless four-year degrees. They also tend to pay more at beginning wages. How do I know? I learned the hard way.
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