Re: Skills for the future

2022-12-12 Thread Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss
techli...@phpcoderusa.com said on Mon, 12 Dec 2022 18:44:10 -0700 >It's funny how some people talk about the no payroll tax states and >then you find out they make it up with property tax. Illinois has obscenely high property taxes, a fairly high state income tax, and very high sales taxes. IMHO

Re: Skills for the future

2022-12-12 Thread greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
Thank you.I realized back in 2007 there are four primary components to every computer system used since around 1970. Unix/Linux now.SQLthe C programming language.and networking. I have structured my education around those areas with success, but I didn't factor in the S1-B visa and its impact.

Re: Skills for the future

2022-12-12 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
I did On 2022-12-12 18:50, Rob Mike via PLUG-discuss wrote: Testing, did everyone receive this message? Sent: Monday, December 12, 2022 at 6:44 PM From: "Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss" To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Cc: techli...@phpcoderusa.com Subject: Re: Skills for t

Re: Skills for the future

2022-12-12 Thread Rob Mike via PLUG-discuss
Testing, did everyone receive this message?     Sent: Monday, December 12, 2022 at 6:44 PM From: "Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss" To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Cc: techli...@phpcoderusa.com Subject: Re: Skills for the future On 2022-12-12 18:25, Steve Litt via PLUG-di

Re: Skills for the future

2022-12-12 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
On 2022-12-12 18:25, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss said on Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:55:05 -0700 I agree, with one addition. In the 70's and 80's my pay lagged 20% to 30% behind inflation. What might have been decent pay was mediocre... I think that's because you

Re: Skills for the future

2022-12-12 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Very thought provoking Greg!! I think the number one position that I think is going to continue to grow and outpace all others, no matter the economy, is probably cyber security. Not sure how I went down this path, however I have watched a number of documentaries on hacking and getting a

Re: Skills for the future

2022-12-12 Thread Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss
Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss said on Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:55:05 -0700 >I agree, with one addition. In the 70's and 80's my pay lagged 20% to >30% behind inflation. What might have been decent pay was mediocre... I think that's because you were a kid in the 1970's, probably with less

Re: Skills for the future

2022-12-12 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
I agree, with one addition. In the 70's and 80's my pay lagged 20% to 30% behind inflation. What might have been decent pay was mediocre... On 2022-12-11 06:12, George Toft via PLUG-discuss wrote: Part 2 on your 35% comment: with higher prices come higher wages and the gov't gets more

Re: Skills for the future

2022-12-11 Thread greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
Hello,  I don't want to offend anyone but I would like to express some thoughts on this subject.  It seems after months of this discussion it might be a good idea to set aside a special email thread to discuss this material so others aren't annoyed by the comments and opinions that are

Re: Skills for the future

2022-12-11 Thread George Toft via PLUG-discuss
Part 2 on your 35% comment: with higher prices come higher wages and the gov't gets more taxes.  After a few years, Congress will adjust the tax code, meanwhile the really low income folks who weren't paying much, pay quite a bit. Regards, George Toft On 12/2/2022 7:19 AM, Keith Smith via

Re: Skills for the future

2022-12-02 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Everyone keeps bringing up the 70's. I way a young guy back then and lived though it. I can look back and see how it effected me in negative way. The difference between the 70's and how is the national debt. It is my understanding the Fed cannot raise interest rates high enough because

Re: Skills for the future

2022-12-02 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi Ed, On 2022-12-01 22:37, Ed via PLUG-discuss wrote: you should look up the difference between a recession and a depression. Odds are we will have a middling recession, but the real problem is and will be inflation. Inflation is a ratchet, it only goes in one direction and hits everyone and

Re: Skills for the future

2022-12-01 Thread trent shipley via PLUG-discuss
Both inflation and deflation are like positive feedback loops or resonance. A central bank can beat inflation into the ground with interest rates (even one like this, which is caused by demand pull, supply shortages, and rising profits) at the cost of a nasty recession (pretty much what the Fed

Re: Skills for the future

2022-12-01 Thread Ed via PLUG-discuss
you should look up the difference between a recession and a depression. Odds are we will have a middling recession, but the real problem is and will be inflation. Inflation is a ratchet, it only goes in one direction and hits everyone and everything*. It's like a network that has more and more

Re: Skills for the future

2022-11-30 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
H, Well, considering that the fed has many of the same types of people in charge as they did in the 1970’a and the 1930’s, the result is going to be the same. They may call it something different, but at the end of the day, it’s still government control of a fiscal system that should have

Re: Skills for the future

2022-11-30 Thread George Toft via PLUG-discuss
I'm inclined to disagree with the nay-sayers. Been watching a youtube channel called "Mark Moss" who does a pretty good analysis of trends, and I just saw a Bloomberg Markets and Finances video where the Federal Reserve's Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin stated the Fed will do whatever it

Skills for the future

2022-11-19 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi, I am reading and watching YouTube videos that say the economy is going to tank to maybe as bad as the depression. If this is true what skills are going to be in demand. I suspect there will be a real push to automate things so I'm guessing those who can create browser based business