I was thinking about this. I went to university, and I worked in tech for decades. I met many assholes but I didn’t meet anyone that would fit on the left half of the bell curve (less than 100 iq).
Since I’ve been living in that bubble my entire life, I’m curious of your stories. Have you met someone who was actually quite dumb (not just having opinions you don’t agree with) and do you have an example situation you remember you can share?
Hopefully this becomes more funny than hateful since intelligence is not the value of a person, but it can be funny to read the stories.
I keep running into maintenance jobs that want industrial controls and electrical experience which I don’t have, just a strong background in mechanical repair and troubleshooting. The problem is that all these jobs are night shift, odd 12 hour schedules with weekends, or travel. So I’m stuck doing production work but on an 8 hour day shift schedule. My work was even offering a two year apprenticeship with 2 free years of school but you have to work 2 more years on nights after that on top of 12 hr days. It seems like it could be a fun trade, but doesn’t seem worth the work/ life balance for me.