Originally Posted by climb150

If there is one thing this world has taught me it's make yourself recession proof. I have seen the 1991, 2001, 2008 recession and now CoVID. (See a 10 year pattern?)

I got a CDL when I was 21. It only cost $300 dollars then but my local driving school does it now for $1000. I also did a welding course ( 2 nights a week for 2 months $300 total) at my local community college in my 20's. Both of these qualifications got me work when unemployment was close to 8%.

Life isn't fair so you have to stack the deck in your favour somehow. Letting people go is just part of business.

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