Subj : Re: Dating apps
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Mike Powell
Date : Mon Aug 18 2025 10:19:45

> 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..

Yeah, that reaction would lead me to believe your impression that she was
fishing for income info is correct.  ;)

> 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..)

Yeah, I was thinking along the lines of people who learn a trade and make
good money but, yeah, there are some folks out there who turn out to be
real tycoons without a degree.

Mike

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