re: Why do people say Louisiana lacks an educated workforce

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educated work force

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alot

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Hmm.

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ecause even some people that come out with masters degrees have such little insight on how to get a job that they feel a need to constantly start new topics on the internet asking for advice and/or complaining when they do finally get a job

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but so true.

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If I think back to the 20 smartest and ambitious friends that I had from Louisiana during high school and college (LSU), I think two of them are living and working in Louisiana. My feeling is this is more of the norm than the exception.

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Exactly. The job selection in Louisiana for post grads is night and day compared to a state like Texas. That's the reason I left.

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If I think back to the 20 smartest and ambitious friends that I had from Louisiana during high school and college (LSU), I think two of them are living and working in Louisiana. My feeling is this is more of the norm than the exception.

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If you exclude the people I know that went into Law or medical fields, almost everyone I know from LSU is living in ATL, Dallas, Austin or Houston.

The people that are in other industries in Louisiana have strong family ties or farm. There was a healthy sized group of people that treat LSU as a 5-year pilgrimage into rolling hill country of Baton Rouge before they head back to Laffy or New Orleans never to leave again.


I spent 3 years after LSU working in Louisiana. Got trapped in a shite job and moved back to Houston. I am far a dream employee, though.

The universities aren't the problem, it's the overall quality of students that attend them.

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Go look at the public schools in Austin, DFW, Denver, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and other places and tell me Louisiana isn't significantly behind

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While I agree with you 100%, people on here will say that public education in TX is average at best.

Those that do get an education and possess natural ability often leave the state. Just not near as many opportunities in-state compared to Texas (for example). The dip in oil and has hurt the Houston, but the city has diverse market offerings and still keeps chugging along.

They reinvest their tax money into the things that keeps families here. I've been here for 6 years, had other opportunities to go elsewhere for work but ita hard to compete with the low cost of living and good salaries out here.

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This is greatness

Lack of white collar jobs, "Culcha" , unwillingness to grow beyond "the box" aka Louisiana way of thinking, and poor schools were the 4 main reasons I left NOLA to go to school in TX and live in TX.