You ask this of a person you just demeaned as a "high-school chum"?
Problem with people like you is that you expect everyone to do your thinking for you. No wonder: you're not even in the driver's seat of your own life's success.
And you still feel the need to consult the advice from "high school chums." tisk tisk
You and whiners like you are your own worst enemies.
Asking what Americans will do for a living -- now that we are exporting all the jobs -- is now defined as whining?
Then proudly and prominently brand me with the title of Whiner, because I am not going to stop asking this sensible question.