> Few adults would look at being a cashier or janitor as a hobby. A small subset can be truly both - programming, for example.

I don't think the distinction is inherent in the job but in the freedom and income that are generally associated with it.

I know a number of people who would be perfectly happy as cashiers if the cashier job had the same flexibility as my programming job. And to harp on UBI again: UBI by giving extra leverage to the employee might actually turn some jobs that are currently low status inflexible drone jobs into something that people will willingly do because they will have more control.

There are plenty of people who have a love hate relationship with their job because of the inflexibility imposed on them by the employer rather than anything that is fundamentally wrong with the core activity.

I don't mean that all employers are evil, they too are constrained by the current reality.