Geology and Livelihoods # 10
The Wall Street Journal profiles Mr. James Dinnison, a high school dropout from Western Australia who is currently earning $200,000 a year working underground in gold mines.
Here is an eye catcher:
Take that all you educated losers!
via Geology News
The Wall Street Journal profiles Mr. James Dinnison, a high school dropout from Western Australia who is currently earning $200,000 a year working underground in gold mines.
Here is an eye catcher:
Despite having earned roughly US$1 million since he started, he has no
savings and doesn't apologize. "The mines are so dull, that when you get
back here, everything is stimulation and excitement," he said. "The
money I spend supports other businesses because of the [stuff] I blow it
on."
Mr. Dinnison proudly calls himself a Cub—a Cashed-up Bogan, a bogan
referring to Australian slang for an uneducated blue-collar worker.
Books and documentaries are coming out about this group, exploring the
country's unease with the thought that conspicuous consumption by
undereducated people is what is helping to keep the country afloat.
....Mr. Dinnison hopes to be promoted to another underground job paying $1,400 a day, up from $800 a day.
Take that all you educated losers!
via Geology News
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