r/news • u/PlayaSlayaX • 1d ago

Mexico tests cellphone app allowing migrants to send alert if they are about to be detained in US

https://apnews.com/article/mexico-app-migrants-deportations-consulates-09655e742f2918803881a32620e384ef
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u/Leothegolden 1d ago

Why don’t more people take advantage of it. You would think everyone would have an upper level education

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u/DelayedG 1d ago

It's a huge topic and one I'm very passionate about... Basically there's no motivation for being "great" at your profession. In the end the system is corrupt, you're not rewarded for being top of your class by getting a top paying job. Employers don't care if you have a masters or graduated with high grade, they will still pay shit. Contracts are not given to the company with the best work/quality.

Engineering in the US is very rewarding if you put the effort into it. You graduate with an engineering degree, then work for your EIT license, then your Professional Engineer license and you reap the rewards. You get respect, a high title and great pay. There's nothing like that in Mexico. A new graduate can design a building and seal it without any expert supervision.

The youth are becoming increasingly lazy, they don't want to put in the effort. Even minimum wage workers are becoming increasingly lazy and disrespectful. They skip work, smoke weed at their job, get into gang related problems, etc. All of this is something I've seen first hand.

A lot of teachers are shit, they are not required qualifications.

Etc, etc, etc.

I think the solution is we need high standards by law, just like in the US. (Think of the high standards in the US for becoming an attorney or a professional engineer)

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u/Giblet_ 1d ago

I wouldn't say engineers make great pay. The pay is decent, but nothing like doctors or lawyers make.

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u/DelayedG 1d ago

Take into consideration my post is using mexico as a comparison. 70k+ usd is great. I have friends who make that with EIT only. Mexico is 6k per year.

But I know where you're coming from. Compared to the US market lawyers and doctors make much more :/

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u/Giblet_ 1d ago

Yeah, it's just low pay for how difficult the degree is to obtain. Engineers were paid much better 20 years ago. I am not nearly as well off as an engineer as I expected to be.