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Re:Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay by sokoloff on Sunday January 12, 2020 @12:01PM (#22027354)
I know plenty of tradespeople who enjoy their work and find value and some fulfillment in what they do.

Do they love it like I love programming? Maybe; maybe not, but it seems possible.

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Re:Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay by adamsea on Sunday January 12, 2020 @12:13PM (#22027437)
True but tradespeople !== trash man or inkjet-printer factory worker (similar to example from an above post).
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Re:Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay by sokoloff on Sunday January 12, 2020 @12:36PM (#22027602)
My primary point was that these were not highly-paid, white collar jobs.
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