“The planned order follows years of campaign promises from President Donald Trump to abolish the department — something he cannot do without congressional approval.”

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    The summer before 9/11, I started a tech support job at an educational publisher. I’m still here as a Level 4 tech because it’s a very stable, secure job. If the DoE is eliminated, I have no idea what happens to my job now or in the future, so I’m terrified. Most of the tech knowledge I had 24 years ago has been replaced with institutional knowledge that isn’t transferable. Plus, I’m 51, which is a rough age to start looking for new tech jobs.

    I’m so angry with my country that we’ve come to this.

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      Live the tech worker dream and shift to woodworking (I know it’s not that easy)

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        Not only do I have shitty vision from diabetic retinopathy and I have horrible hand-eye coordination. If I tried woodworking, I’d end up killing myself or someone else!

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      To be fair you’d probably fit right into a large organization’s IT department.