Hi Luciano
I agree with what you're saying.
Today, without a formal education the prospects of a job, in any field are next to none. In Australia, most technicians today are actually entry level, fully qualified engineers. Seldom they repair, often they swap boards and liaise with clients. I quite often see such jobs advertised.
Being educated in one particular area doesn't necessarily mean that you'll get to apply these skills on the job. A qualified engineer who spends most of their time liaising with clients will undoubtedly have little time left in putting their skills in say, Protel, in practice. But just having this skill set makes this person smarter in whatever they choose to do in life. At the moment I'm studying Discrete Mathematics unit, quite possibly I may never actually get to apply these newly acquired skills in life. Not directly anyway. Definitely No plans on becoming a mathematician.
Another such industry that was in a similar disaster about 10 years back was Graphic Arts. 1,000's of qualified trades people, one minute on top $$$, next minute given the ultimatum: learn how to use a computer or lose your job. A lot of people just simply couldn't "grasp" it. Which is fair enough, they're from the old school and you have to respect this. In some sense technology can be quite very evil. No one deserves to lose their lively hood because of it.
Best Regards,
Trent Jackson
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