tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7483385838829806407.post7991451512797659220..comments2016-10-01T12:12:25.300+01:00Comments on Is it just me, or.........: My first ever blog post!increasinglymiffedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731032199591453758noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7483385838829806407.post-3189528898624860802009-10-22T11:09:30.924+01:002009-10-22T11:09:30.924+01:00Welcome to the blogosphere!Welcome to the blogosphere!RantinRabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557178651491442917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7483385838829806407.post-5728031289901549542009-10-20T21:07:01.902+01:002009-10-20T21:07:01.902+01:00Awwww - thanks for being the first person to take ...Awwww - thanks for being the first person to take the effort to respond. I'm touched.<br /><br />I do think that we need to take more ownership than ever about our destiny. The times of having a safe environment to coast in are over. The game's changed for ever.increasinglymiffedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731032199591453758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7483385838829806407.post-35440489846654928202009-10-20T15:55:47.174+01:002009-10-20T15:55:47.174+01:00It's easy to get jaded, and I concur with you ...It's easy to get jaded, and I concur with you on the political front (it is depressing without obvious sign of cessation), but it's not all that bad.<br /><br />I was born in 1980, which means I grew up with the c64, occasionally faffing with BASIC as well; I too did an Electronic Engineering degree, and then a masters in Microelectronics. And after those 5 years at university, I'm one of these students who left with upwards of 25k of debt. It doesn't bother me; mainly because Engineering pays a decent wage and at some point it will be paid off.<br />And, if I was going to rack up debt at any point in my life whilst having a good time of it, I would rather it was in my early twenties.<br />I've had my dance and now it's time to pay the piper; it was a fair price. The fact that students who came before me (I was the first year of loans and fees -F*ck my luck) had it better off, doesn't really matter.<br /><br />The fact that we don't own a house has left us free to adapt to the changing market, by moving where there is work if need be. <br />The internet provides near unlimited information, for bettering oneself, speaking to like-minded people...and finding work; here or abroad.<br />If you have the skills (like for example, you're an engineer) it is so much easier to move elsewhere in the world if your country goes to pot. Which it might.<br /><br />Ultimately, this country is knobbled. And the knock-on effects from that will either be more of the same, or an emergence of something else. The web/blogosphere has changed the rules significantly for our would-be rulers, and they can no longer disregard us in the manner in which they have become accustomed.<br /><br />So I'm *a bit* optimistic.<br /><br />And welcome to the bloggy thing. Like what you've done so far.SaltedSlughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06290191072490758709noreply@blogger.com