I'm not complaining, I'm the first person to admit about the inefficiencies and shortcomings of the modern non-profit industrial complex, I'm jut saying most of the world rolls their eyes when they hear people talk about how hard it is to be offered all these jobs. I chose to go into debt because I was studying interesting things (non-linear systems modeling as applies to social systems/problems) and I thought the academic credentials could provide an on-ramp to being able to work on big social problems on inter-disciplinary teams. This didn't happen, for a variety of reasons, not the least of which because social work itself doesn't value itself as a distinct and credible field the way, say, economics does.

All that being said, most of humanity still doesn't have the luxury of picking and choosing how they want to put food on the table, so it just smacks of privilege anytime I hear anyone whining of too many job offers, etc.

However the market does not exist by itself, it exists in a structure put in place by governments, with many other players such as non-profits, interest groups, etc. At this point in time, social workers, teachers, etc. have to be supported by funding from governments and donors.

Short of having a more enlightened economic system, what we can hope for right now is for governments to better reward professions that provide such value.