The future at the rate we’re going is basically going to be a society of haves and have nots. Those that bring something to the table education-wise are going to continue to prosper in upper management,engineering,etc. The rest, who cant cut it, education-wise, are unfortunately going to be stuck at $10/hr or less in menial service or manufacturing jobs. While we continue the transition to a service industry, its gonna be more and more sink or swim.