Where our economy is, for the young

Re:Where our economy is, for the young by Shared404 on Friday October 02, 2020 @10:13AM (#24662787)

> And it lumps them in with those who are likely still in school

I won't argue that one, but where do you draw the line with

> have no real job yet

I would argue that as long as you are working, you have a real job.

Probably the best would be to track both 25-30 and 18-30 and see how it changes.

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Re:Where our economy is, for the young by throwaway0a5e on Friday October 02, 2020 @11:20AM (#24663531)

>I would argue that as long as you are working, you have a real job.

If you're working nights in a warehouse while you finish your degree that will get you into an industry with nearly six figure starting salaries then I would argue that you're not "working yet" you're just a student with income.

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Re:Where our economy is, for the young by Shared404 on Friday October 02, 2020 @11:28AM (#24663601)

What does salary have to do if somethings a "real job"?

Or what about blue collar workers who aren't going to school, and are at that same warehouse? Are they not working at a real job?

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Re:Where our economy is, for the young by throwaway0a5e on Friday October 02, 2020 @06:24PM (#24667657)

Salary has nothing to do with it. Finishing one's education for the foreseeable future has everything to do with it.

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Re:Where our economy is, for the young by Shared404 on Saturday October 03, 2020 @03:26PM (#24674130)

I've thought about this for a while now, and for the purposes of this discussion I agree.

That being the case, I think that the study would be best off tracking those 18-30 who are living individually and are not attending school. Thoughts?

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Re:Where our economy is, for the young by throwaway0a5e on Saturday October 03, 2020 @09:19PM (#24675938)

Yeah that would be ideal but that's much harder for the people doing the study than just picking an age.

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