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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
bryan, i want them to all have great jobs. that doesn’t mean that the skills required to mine coal, translate to writing code. i’ll
ask you what spence and pete won’t answer.
What does one’s ability to mine coal, say about one’s ability to write code? What’s the correlation?
Actuaries are as bright a group as i’ve ever encountered. So are doctors. That doesn’t mean that good actuaries make good doctors. And that’s not an insult to
anyone. Some jobs are so different, that being good at one, doesn’t predict the ability to be good at another. Many miners might make good programmers, but you can’t tell
that by virtue of the fact that they are miners.
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Directly, probably few.
But the so called soft skills that are intrinsic to jobs absolutely translate between fields (organization, management, leadership, communication etc..)
I don't think anyone, Biden included is implying you walk out of the mine straight to a job writing code. But with the training and opportunities, many absolutely can transition to other careers. Models exist showing that it can work. Many of these folks went into mining because it was there and available. Not because their intellect was lacking or that their particular skills fit the job. That can translate to other fields.
Frankly, I find this a much more honest approach than Trump touting how he will bring coal back. That was a flat out lie. Ask Murray energy workers how that is going for them.