MIT: Raising State Minimum Wages, Lowering Community College Enrollment

Re:MIT: Raising State Minimum Wages, Lowering Community Coll... by bsder on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @11:23PM (#40862470)

> e.g., why study to be a paralegal when it’s a job with possibly worse pay and working conditions than many servers and bartenders enjoy?

Because a paralegal gets to work roughly 9-to-5, gets to sit on their ass instead of standing on their feet for 8+ hours, and probably only has to deal with the occasional coked up lawyer rather than drunk assholes every night?

If you're a young, pretty female, you can probably make good money in one of those service jobs. If you're not young, not pretty, or not female, then you're probably WAY better off as a paralegal.

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Re:MIT: Raising State Minimum Wages, Lowering Community Coll... by dangus on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @11:47AM (#40867126)

I speak from a little bit of experience as I once dated a paralegal. The job sucked. Zero opportunity for advancement. 100% soul-crushing busywork. It’s also in major danger of being automated away.

When I go out to restaurants I see plenty of male and not-young bartenders and servers.

And let’s not forget that this is a comparison of a job that requires high school education versus a job that requires extra training on top of that.

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