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Re:The principled and pragmatic case for a Universal Basic I... by JDiculous on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @03:29PM (#11631010)
No, dead-end jobs are very much a real phenomenon. Working as a janitor is not a stepping stone to anything except more minimum wage janitorial work.

Meanwhile as a software engineer, the work you do can be put on your resume and used as leverage for better opportunities.

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Re:The principled and pragmatic case for a Universal Basic I... by chrisco255 on Thursday May 05, 2016 @07:02PM (#11640361)
Not unless you make it so. No one who's ever determined to educate themselves or earn their way to a better position has ever been stuck as a janitor their whole lives.
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