That is so frustrating. That is outside my wheelhouse unfortunately, so I don't have anything to give other than sympathy for the legitimate frustration that we have an economy that cannot seem to employ every talented, educated person. I don't get it, it feels like we've reached like a moment where labor (even skilled labor) is lower in demand than ever before. A hundred years ago we could just walk up to a building project and start adding labor on day one, and knowing how to read and write meant an instant job as a clerk. But now we toil for decades to learn skills that just... suddenly aren't needed? Sure, some folks win big in tech but that's just as fleeting, I know a dozen out of work senior engineers. It's a strange and baffling time to try to earn a living. Something has to give.

[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I wish times were simpler. There's too many qualified workers in the world struggling to use the skills they've spent years training.

Anyways, I appreciate your sympathy and I appreciate that you didn't immediately reach for the nearest pitch fork when I told you my field.

[–] Pencilnoob@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I honestly am to the point that I wonder if all our automation is catching up with us and we need to collectively bargain for a 20 hour work week. Now we need twice as many skilled laborers because we've automated so many jobs.

Or an automation tax that's paid back to every citizen as a dividend. If your company uses software or AI then it's taxed more aggressively.

If we don't do something in thirty years there just might not be hardly any jobs left.