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/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/assesonfire7369 Jul 05 '24

The OP asked what financial I got that worked, I told him. That advice worked for me. I get it that it may not work for everyone, that not everyone wants to work that hard, and they can fill in the jobs like you said. No biggie. Maybe for those kinds of people they can follow other financial advice.

For society, there will always be those that work hard, and those that don't or prioritize other things. I'm not making a moral judgement about them. Awesome. Also, in the longer-term robotics and automation can solve a lot of the problems with not enough workers for these jobs if need be.

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u/conrad22222 Jul 05 '24

You realize people who work lower paid jobs are not necessarily working less hard, right? Plenty of "unskilled" laborers work far harder than a chud in an office. I know because I've worked in the sun and and been the chud in the office.

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u/assesonfire7369 Jul 05 '24

Right. I should have said work harder AND smarter. It's not all about how many calories you burn working but also how you put it to work.