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Stephen Day's avatar

@Matt, question: can't specialization also make us feel more alone? I'm the only Center for Econ Ed director in Richmond, so I super look forward to conferences where I get to see other people who do my job. The ones who really GET what I'm doing. It's not like, say, realtors, who have dozens with the same job right there in the city.

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Matt Pierson's avatar

Absolutely! I think this is common with business teachers in small schools. We serve many business teachers around the State of Nebraska who are the ONLY business teacher in their entire district or school. They are usually some of our best supporters because they don't have people to bounce ideas off and collaborate with consistently. They also attend their professional development days and like state conferences at a higher rate I believe because of this.

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Jeannie Kronenthal's avatar

Zuma probably makes more than Chase due to her specialization.

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Matt Pierson's avatar

I always told my students, the more your job is needed and the less people can actually do it...you have found your payday.

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Stephen Day's avatar

You might be right, but then Adventure Landing would have to be part of a market in which Water Rescue is more scarce (specialized, i.e. lower supply), which would make Zuma's pay higher. But I don't think Paw Patrol gives us that info.

I was thinking the opposite: supply is the same for both (1 pup). Quantity demanded is greater for Chase (222 deployments vs 81). That means the only option left for us with the info we have is higher demand for Chase (and therefore higher price -- wage).

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Evelyn's avatar

Maybe Zuma would be paid more per rescue, but Chase would make more in aggregate.

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