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bigtimesauce t1_ivbrmwi wrote

Reply to comment by gcubed680 in Re: Vermonters' reputed attitude toward out-of-staters by newsandseriousstuff

Is that why I hate it here? Because I’m rich?

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gcubed680 t1_ivby4de wrote

Don’t have to be. You could be young

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bigtimesauce t1_ivby78g wrote

Still kinda young, sure lol

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gcubed680 t1_ivc0igh wrote

Ha, there is a huge gap in this state for opportunities for younger people, probably younger than you, but still there is no reason for grads to stay. I’d say beyond that, there is a gap for most a ages that want a job. It’s really baffling that the state would give money for WFH relocating but don’t seem to seriously invest in bringing business here. I can’t imagine long term health of the state economy that is increasingly built on tourism and the service industry… especially as snowfall goes down and summer heat goes up.

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Jerry_Williams69 t1_ivd1hgi wrote

Vermont has some great public schools, STEM programs, and colleges. I'm an engineer and went through a job hunting cycle here. I finally found a really cool local job that pays great, but 90% of the engineering jobs I have seen pay 25-50% less than the national average. New grad openings in Vermont today tend to pay $10k-$20k less than I made when I graduated in the Midwest in 2008. If a new grad can get past that, the opportunities are few and far between. It seems that Vermont is cranking out some well educated engineers with a lot of potential, but the well paying and interesting jobs they trained for just don't exist here. I think that is a reoccurring theme in other fields as well.

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DistinctPool t1_ix1r4gc wrote

Where do you work if I may ask?

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Jerry_Williams69 t1_ix1rhat wrote

An aerospace supplier. I don't want to say specifically. Company is small and my coworkers could piece together who I am from other comments.

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bigtimesauce t1_ivc3s0u wrote

To be honest my job is the only thing I really like about being here, pays well, very fair work-life balance, lotta perks, but it’s the only one I’ve had in about a decade of living here that I’ve felt that way about, the rest of them have been shit.

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