Comment on How do I actually find a job that isn't retail?
CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 1 day agoNone of what you say is wrong. Statistically speaking you’re making two mistakes:
You are overemphasizing what is the primary path for most and concluding that everything else should be excluded. Why cut someone struggling from 31.46% of the jobs that don’t fit the optimal 1st standard distribution?
It literally isn’t as rare as you think. I know a great many overeducated and unemployed as well as a great many high-school dropouts that are Entrepreneurs, Sr Consulting Software Architects and Successful Artists.
When someone is struggling, consider the normal path might be why. A broader approach that doesn’t prejudice viable alternatives for the crime of being “not the most popular option” is prefferrable.
AskewLord@piefed.social 1 day ago
Oh totally. I mean, if OP is only 5’9” they should just magically grow 6 inches, that will surely solve their employment! So easy!
CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Argumentum absurdum is a stinky cologne. I recomend you try a different body mist.
If you stoped repeating the same mistakes over and over again and tried to think “where could I be right” instead of “can you find a wrong and disprove” you would be a more reasonable person to talk to.
E.g. (cause you clearly need it)
You think the rarity of Bill Gates disproves my point. I say a friend who is neurodivergent and a high school drop out literally just bought cleaning supplies and started going door to door to businesses on a strip asking if they needed a good scrubbing. He did a few gigs on the spot for pocket change, but quickly found several of the 2nd story offices were displeased with their after-hours cleaning contractors. A few offered a trial to prove my dude could do a good job. Once proven they offered annual contracts. Boom! Entrepreneur. Today he has 3 vans and 7 employees. Still doesn’t know what standard deviation is.
This type of opportunity is everywhere. I could go on all day. But why? The point is made and you’ll either get it, or not.
AskewLord@piefed.social 1 day ago
Cool story. Why aren’t you a billionaire then, if it’s so easy?
CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Bad faith. Grow up.