[Chuckster]

I would NEVER advise a young adult to try to make a career in any of these fields -- computers, engineering, accounting.

Try sales, marketing, transportation logistics, publishing; heck, do you know what an automobile technician gets these days? A motorcycle mechanic earns $50K or more. Some of them earn a lot more. Of course, if you're tough enough, you can start your own business. The times have never been better for an entrepreneur.

[ml1954]

Try sales, marketing, transportation logistics, publishing...

That's right, jobs that either cannot be outsourced or that require face to face relationships or that are that require knowledge and familiarity with the culture.

[ALPAPilot]

1/3 of electricians in New England earn $100,000 per year. It's tough to outsource an electrician.

[Trust but Verify]

Bravo. There are a lot of good jobsout there. You need the education and skills to get them. I am a 26 year employee of a telecommunications company. I can retire with full pension in 4 years. If I am lucky to make it that long, I will be 3/4 of the my way to a college degree. I can see the writing on the wall, and I'm not sitting around waiting for the pink slip, I'm getting the knowledge to start a new career.

[jb6]

Try sales, marketing, transportation logistics, publishing; heck, do you know what an automobile technician gets these days? A motorcycle mechanic earns $50K or more. Some of them earn a lot more. Of course, if you're tough enough, you can start your own business. The times have never been better for an entrepreneur.

All of which will bring us the next great technological and investment age..not! Those are 2nd world career fields, nations do not stay great in service; science and industry make nations great, unless you're Switzerland.