Subj : Re: Dating apps
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Mon Aug 18 2025 09:04:27

RM>> Although I actually dated the girl I met there for a year or so that
  >> was another case where she right away asked me and a buddy who had
  >> gone there with me what we did for a living..

MP>Honestly, I think that some people ask that as a way of making small talk
  >and are not necessarily fishing for your income level.  It is probably
  >difficult to tell which is which, though.  I guess their reaction to the
  >answer could be the give away.

Definitely, a lot of people ask what a person does as a way to
get talking about things that are usually not uncomfortable to
talk about.. (Unless they are unemployed)..   B)

That said, when we roughly mentioned what we did, she got into
that 'Are you Engineers??' bit and seemed quite disappointed
with our answers..

Funny, I remember my late Brother in Law who was in industrial sales
came to the place I worked in the Lab and Warehouse to try to sell
us some racking and somehow while I was showing him around the
subject of what I was earning working there came up.. and he seemed
to get pretty upset. Later I asked my sister about it and she said
he was royally peeved when he found out I was making quite a bit
more money than he was in his fancy suits and 3 martini lunches..   B)

MP>A lot of folks without degrees, but with technical or on-the-job training,
  >make better money than I did with one.  OTOH, a lot of people with advanced
  >degrees never put them to good use.  I don't hold the lack of a degree
  >against anyone.

Yes, usually the best indicator of how good (successful?) your
education was is your income level. A lot of people who dropped
out of college ended up millionaires, mostly the ones with good
ideas that didn't see their current courses being of any use to
pursue that.   (See Michael Dell.. I believe..)

RM>> Ironically, although she had a university degree, it was one of
  >> those that are totally useless for getting a job, studying a lot
  >> of courses like language, art and literature.

MP>LOL, as I was saying above before I read this...  :D

Regardless of her degree she really wasn't exactly the sharpest
crayon in the box on her best days..    B)

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