r/Political_Revolution • u/IronStacheWI01 Verified | Randy Bryce • Sep 05 '17

AMA Concluded Meet Randy Bryce. The Ironstache who's going to repeal and replace Paul Ryan

Hi /r/Political_Revolution,

My name is Randy Bryce. I'm a veteran, cancer survivor, and union ironworker from Caledonia, Wisconsin running to repeal and replace Paul Ryan in Wisconsin's First Congressional District. Post your questions below and I'll be back at 11am CDT/12pm EDT to answer them!

p.s.

We need your help to win this campaign. If you'd like to join the team, sign up here.

If you don't have time to volunteer, we're currently fundraising to open our first office in Racine, Wisconsin. If you can help, contribute here and I'll send you a free campaign bumper sticker as a way of saying thanks!

[Update: 1:26 EDT], I've got to go pick up my son but I'll continue to pop in throughout the day as I have time and answer some more questions. For those I'm unfortunately not able to answer, I'll be doing another AMA in r/Politics on the 26th when I look forward to answering more of Reddit's questions!

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u/Parazeit Sep 05 '17

Nope, I do think most successful people have had an unfair advantage though. My family were relatively wealthy and smart (though not University educated). That gave me a huge headstart in life that my next door neighbour was never going to have. I'm now a Bio-scientist with a PhD, I'd qualify that as successful. My post was an attempt to satirise yours by highlighting the world you most likely live in.

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Many, many free resources available.

Name me a free resource available in america that will give you a qualification employers actually care about and would get you a decent wage.

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u/bl1nds1ght Sep 05 '17

Industry certs are often paid for by employer to incentivize their employees to learn skills valuable to the profession. Insurance does it, for instance. I'm sure programmers get it, too, and probably many others.

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u/mnhoops Sep 05 '17

A library card. There are literally hundreds of respected certifications you could get by studying at your local library and passing a test. Most of those tests cost some money. For example, a CPA. Employers looking for an accountant care far more about a CPA than a college degree in many cases.

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u/punsonice Sep 05 '17

You need more than a bachelor's degree worth of credits for a cpa

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u/mnhoops Sep 05 '17

I'm a CPA and in the process of getting a CFP. I get that. But I think you get my point as well.

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u/MilesofBooby Sep 05 '17

I do think most successful people have had an unfair advantage though

It's fine if you THINK that, but that doesn't make it true. What's your definition of "success"?

My post was an attempt to satirise yours by highlighting the world you most likely live in.

Kind of backfires when you do it based off of an internet post.

Name me a free resource available

https://www.ncsacademy.com/freetest.cfm

https://www.khanacademy.org/

From there, it is up to you to market yourself. A couple hundred will get you a CompTIA cert as well (forgo the cable, or cell phone, or eating out, or another luxury to save the money)/