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Originally Posted by Oh Haha
It really sounded like a pyramid scheme to me in the way it's set up.
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That sucks.
I went to a job fair at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield a few weeks ago. About a thousand people showed up, all professionals, most over the age of 50, and the majority being LTU graduates, I'm guessing mostly engineering.
There were about 50 vendors there, most were not top notch companies, mostly sales stuff (pyramid scheme). One table for Solidworks 3D computer modeling program was not hiring at all, they could not sell their program anymore because of the market downturn so they were giving it away. Actually they are extending the 30 day free trial to 90 days in hopes that you learn it and purchase it.
Awesome, where is that 200 hours I don't need looking for work and that $4,000 burning a hole in my pocket?
Even the university got in on the act, a infomercial on TV screens around the room telling us all what a great thing if we went back to LTU for an advanced degree and or more training. In fact they have a program for laid off people and their kids for half off tuition, for the finest 400 which apply/enroll for school.
LTU is a great school, but I often think about the senior class of engineers and architects who just spent six figures in debt to get their education. What the heck must the future look like to them?