Loop Dreams: Top college talents showcase their skills … in cabling Students from around the US gathered recently in Louisville, Kentucky to take part in a series of contests based on installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting lines for telco networks. The SkillsUSA Telecommunications Cabling Championship brought high school and university students together to compete in events including 25- …
Well done to the winners, and indeed all participants. We've a big thing about 'getting a degree' (Mediology, all too frequently) with the enormous charges it creates, compared with 'getting really good at something that needs doing'.
There's plenty of time later for employers to be so keen to keep you that they'll pay for your degrees if you still want them, but real solid skills are what hold the world together.
As a (far) previous year winner, i can say I'm not working in telco. Air conditioned server rooms and an office is way better than a cable jockey or punch-down monkey. :)
I bet CWA, as one of the sponsors, is rather disappointed as now they're probably not getting slice of your wages since you're not working for a telco.
Why yes, of course I am cynical of CWA sponsoring the event.
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