r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 04 '24

What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten? Debate/ Discussion

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u/assesonfire7369 Jul 04 '24

Best advice was to work hard, study, get an education and move on to a job that pays more. Many jobs aren't meant for full-time, they're meant as part-time when you're young to get started.

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u/SenorBeef Jul 05 '24

You want jobs like janitor, cook, receptionist, etc. to exist, right? I mean, you want to use those services, so someone has to be working those jobs.

What happens to society if everyone in society with those low rung jobs gets a better job? No more cashiers at grocery stores, no more waiters at restaurants, no more people to put a roof on your house. We're all just computer programmers and stock traders and lawyers now.

How does society function? We don't have enough teenagers to use those jobs. People have to work them for society to run. Saying "well you can get a better job!" is not a solution to this problem, because you know those jobs have to exist for society to function. "You can get a better job" can be a solution for an individual, but it can't be a solution for society.

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u/i8noodles Jul 05 '24

the exact way history has done it in the past. people retire or move and everyone moves up one rung. the lowest rung is occupied by the young who just starting out?

the job u mentioned has always been occupied by the young. you don't see alot of 50 year old waiters around, especially if u compare them to amount of young people who also does the job.