@@kvasir8931 Read the first part again. The "default setting" can be avoided if you get a high paying job and don't spend money on stupid things. Of course I'm not telling McDonald's employees to save and invest.
@@jjjfo1818 Why would someone pay you a lot if you're on an easily replacable position? I never said everyone should have a high paying job, obviously the world doesn't work that way, but you can study and take risks to get something more than minimum wage.
"Are you passionate about this work?" "Yes!" "Do you have a minimum 1 year relevant experience?" "Uhh.. no" "Oh sorry, we can't accept you" "How do I get some experience?" "Work"
@@Cheems59 yeah but that also creates a very clever system where people do free internships to just get an entry level job experience. The employers win from both sides.
Frankly a lot of it seems like, nowadays, the options are "do something you love and be dead broke", or "do something Menial and soul crushing and also potentially body crushing , and be slightly less dead broke"
And then there's the shocking amount of jobs that contact you outside of work hours to give you more work, or make it very hard to organise holiday time at all.
Apparently my Great Great Grandfather was one of the 19th century posh people. His occupation was 'Gentleman'. Unfortunately, he chose his second wife poorly, and when she died, her daughter inherited the ENTIRE fortune and cut him and my great grandmother out entirely. The only skill the rich need is how to manipulate inheritance law, and he couldn't even do that -_-
Had a career counselor once take my resume for "improvement", then give it back with a ton of spelling mistakes and rearranged stuff. She then told me "don't touch anything, just send it in the way I gave it to you. This resume format worked for me". Needless to say I tried it for 50-100 positions and got ghosted. Maybe would have worked if I had the same melanin skin content as her.
@@asliceofloaf1984 ah, the classic "we swear we didn't deny you because of your race" trick. if it helps at all, im white and for the past few years I only got one reply on my applications... for a fucking janitor job of all things
Had a career counsellor from my high school, when I'd already graduated and visited the school, tell me the realistic side of the fashion industry and it made me realise I'd never want to work in an industry like that. Put me right off. It's not something I would have enjoyed. You can have many dreams as a kid but you just have no idea how the industry would be like, I mean how can you? All you have is the impressions TV gives you of certain industries.
@@BahomaVidyaChannel Honestly any job can be made appealing I know tons of people that "love" their hard work job. Me personally most jobs I actually liked were hard work. BUT there is schedule there is safety and benefits and pay. Me personally some of favorites did 3x12 schedule leaving me simply able to enjoy more days off than I spent working. Or another one was work was paid by the work. So I could go in load a truck get 8hrs worth of pay and leave before lunch time without actually losing pay. And seriously second job I loved it gave me a little cardio little workout kept me in shape but I was able to pursue things I actually enjoyed. Like fast food only gets desperate people these days and is everyones dead last resort. NOT just because pays shitty. But schedules are inconsistent. You understaffed and stressed out whole time. Little local place near me doesnt really pay better. But everyone has fixed days set schedules allowing people to work around spouses schedule allowing them to work out childcare etc. And they have enough staff they are not skipping lunch breaks they are not getting screamed at by customers for being slow. And when businesses were all whining "nobody wants to work" they actually never saw a decrease in applications. In fact it was most applications they ever saw because most other businesses were"peaking in shitty behavior". Like honestly in a way that actually reflects it for example ceo honestly if you still spent most day golfing and did had executive suite and all bills paid and made 30k a year. People would still line up for that job. Where you make handful of decisions a year. And get credit for simply taking advice given by actual professionals in marketing or what ever "decisions you are making".
Less than one percent of OF girls make enough to live off of it. And a fraction of those again make enough to be considered rich. The vast majority sell their dignity for pennies.
It's much better to be self employed. But yes it can ruin you if you let it get out of control. But the happiest people I know are those with simple busineses like lawn mowing or selling products online via dropshipping. Work as little or as much as you choose. That's the way it should be, not this 9 to 5 wage slave misery that so many are trapped in.
@@doo7896 Started a business in 2017, it took off, great growth, got some big clients. By the end of 2019 I was earning over 100k a year from it. Then covid hit, lockdowns nearly killed it. Should have shut it down then, but I kept trying to save it, chasing the dream. I put all my saving into it too keep it alive. Two years later when I finally was forced to close I was broke, single and depressed. Now I am less broke, still single and much happier,
@@bigchief2331But I will say, being able to work never a minute over 40 hours a week, and still have all your needs provided for, is pretty nice. Sometimes being self employed you have to work 24/7 or feel as though you're always at work. So it all depends on your priorities.
I can’t even find an entry level job in my desired field with a bachelor’s degree for half the rate of the average in my geographic region. And that field doesn’t pay great to begin with.
It isn't your fault. They deliberately adjust interest rates to hit a target unemployment rate of about 3-5%. The reason that target isn't 0% is because if we hit that it's real bad for the 'economy' because we designed our economy wrong. Then they tell you it's your fault so you don't throw rotting vegetables at them.
You can either have a career, to have some value to trade to others, or you can live entirely self sufficiently. You need things, and there are only two ways to get them; make them yourself or trade for them.
As a kid i had so many ideas i wanted to be a musician and an inventor, after being screamed at, gaslight, being ignored,and having my civil rights violates by employers for 12 years - on top of school doing it to us all befor - i need alchohol or weed because if im alone with my thoughts now its just air, or survival mode. Once you lose the passion its gone.
I wish they had these talks in life skills lessons around schools. We need to start being realistic to the younger generations ... you can't be anything you want to be because it's very expensive and if you want to live a comfortable life, choose a career that benefits society
Whoever says money can't buy you happiness is 100% filthy rich. I'd be so happy if I just had the money to travel freely and enjoy my youth. But no I'm crammed studying an engineering degree and eating noodles.
It is true though. Read some books about Stoic or Cynic philosophy to understand. The mistake most people make is thinking happiness is the absence of suffering.
@@daanschone1548 people aren't wild animals. stoicism was a philosophy invented by the powerful to take advantage of and abuse the weak by gaslighting them into compliance. Epictetus and many others were nothing more than an ancient psyop.
I’ve been listening to a guy on yt recently who’s essentially suggested that if everyone had a roughly equal degree of ownership of assets like land, residential and commercial property, natural resources, stocks and bonds, we’d probably actually all be living off a combination of some work and a bunch of ‘passive income’ from our assets. He seems to think that’s the way this whole system is supposed to work. What’s happening though instead is that the super rich essentially monopolise all the assets, without really doing any work, and everyone else is forced to work their whole lives, all the while handing them over rent in various forms just to sustain their own existence. At least for me it’s kind of inspired me to pursue that kind of ‘template’ of middle class asset owner, as I feel like that’s kind of the life everyone deserves - despite how many issues I have with the nature of work.
I was in hospitality and realized couldn't do it forever. Got into Web Dev put in alot of work and loved it. Got a remote job and enough to live off of and actually felt at peace with my life. Lost job and havent been able to find work it it since. Now where I could tolerant doing service jobs before. Now having a taste of what I wanted those jobs now are absolute torture and legit losing my mind😫
Try to find some bootcamp that also offers "career opportunities" (meaning they could connect you with potential employers). If you have experience then you are better than people who have skills but no experience. If you get employed then the bootcamp can take credit for your employment as an alumni. It could be a win-win situation. Other than that (and most probably you already know this) just keep sending resumes, building web projects, sending mails directly to HRs, etc. Hope you find it. Wishing you the best.
The whole IT industry just laid off a heap of staff. You're competing with extremely experienced unemployed people at the moment. Things should recover eventually, but really IT is an industry that's levelling off and consolidating. The 'learn to code' people had their way and now there's heaps of competition.
I was unemployed, useless, had no skills, almost no relevant experience, no references, hated everything, didn’t want colleagues, didn’t like customers, didn’t like offices, didn’t want to be near humans for any reason at all, and generally hated everything and everyone…. And that’s when I became a truck driver. 🚛😊
@@BeczaBot still poor obviously… I don’t think it’s possible to get rich from driving up and down the road… but at least you don’t need to be around humanity…
@@Cypher791no true at all. I know a lot of people pulling hazardous material loads making $85,000/ year minimum to start plus full medical and vacation pay and home nights or weekends or 3 weeks on and two weeks off . After 1-2 years is easily over $100,000 base salary.
@@BeczaBot Obviously poor. There is no job that you can be hired for that will make you rich. That's not how capitalism works. Inflation is greater than interest. Saving money is impossible when a house costs 3+ million and your savings devalue faster than they gain capital. That's boomer shit that was true decades ago, not for us. It's 2024. That's not how the world works anymore. Working is for poor people to survive. Rich people don't work.
What really sucks is that most kids have no idea what they enjoy doing, outside of video games or hanging out with friends. There are literally thousands of different jobs you could land in. I'm an hvac Technician, and it's now part of my passion. Just so happened to try a bunch of things and this one I liked
@@mrmidwestguy1496 unfortunately its near impossible nowadays to "try a bunch of things" when companies don't hire people with no experience. and to get that experience you either need to go to school or know someone who is willing to teach you. quite the paradox we live in
@@mrmidwestguy1496 Let's be real. Nobody really knows if they'll like something until they're in it. You might think you like something and then come to hate it real quick once you actually start working.
@@rotatorcuffs8140 that’s why I would give the advice to try a couple of things. White collar work and/or blue collar work. If you have no idea. What I find sad is that society isn’t preparing kids for the real world. We elevate/glorify doctors, engineers, astronauts, and anything intellectual. But why??? Most of society isn’t smart. Heck, I’m probably average or maybe even slightly above. But I can tell you with 100% certainty I was never made to be a doctor, engineer, or anything smart 😂 And im ok with that! I’m 29, love my life, family, and home. It’s nothing special, But I’d rather be enjoying my time with family than having a million dollar and work 80hrs a week. Most people will have a boring ass job anyways, so just get out there and try. Maybe you’ll land in a new job where you had no idea you’d love. Good luck out there mate🫡
@M4DD4WG stay miserable man, I’m happy with my 1,800 sq foot home, great job, great family, great community. I don’t need a 5 million dollar mansion. I have everything I’ll ever need. Contentment doesn’t cost anything.
@@drankFoD That's one job I won't ever go back to: salaried retail store manager. Isolated from any form of help or sympathy and way more unrealistic expectations from corporate.
I started at the bottom working retail in my industry and eventually worked my way up to Head Office managing our wholesale team Pacific wide. So yeah, it very much can be a thing.
Not me and my sister literally putting in like twenty job applications in today and then seeing this videos notification and upon clicking it, utterly relating to it 100 percent 😭😂
@@CyrilCommando Nah, it's a lot. You've just become used to being cucked that so you not only expect to put in triple digits a day, you want to drag everyone else down as well.
Growing up i was told alot of contradicting messages to follow your passion and pick a career that you will love. But in highschool careers class i got weird looks because my presentation of what i wanted to do was write and draw comics 😎 .... needless to say while im working graphic design now i havent learned my lesson, i still want to make comics-- just not with the expectation of money. Money was never the goal anyway 😂
@@OLG.Reverybody thinks they want world domination until they do. And then they realize they just wanted to be left alone and do some organic gardening and read books.
it honestly sucks being born terrible at Maths in our lord and saviors year 2024. I genuinely feel like I'm missing a limb; the future is NOT looking bright for me at 25 lol
"Maybe I could start a UA-cam channel, get millions of followers, get rich that way?" "Don't be daft, do you realise what you have to invest in to do that? You're gonna need cameras, quality mics, backdrops, hair, clothes, makeup, props, targeted content, 10 minute vids to please the algorithm, for a slow climb over many years up to get maybe a couple of hundred thousand followers, how would you even get started?" "Can't we just hang around the house improvising mini-skits that we dream up every morning while taking a dump and film it on our phones? Props? You know, whatever we find lying around or under the kitchen sink. Couldn't I do that?" "Don't be silly, that would never work..."
at recent few Olympics, many athletes were doing door dash, uber eats or other gigs on days they were not competing. You may be surprise to know that many sports don't pay well at all, only few like football (all the different types) or 100m sprint actually has big money sponsors for the athletes. Many Olympians do not make a living off their sport and work another full time job that makes 90% of their income.
The average pay for an elite athlete is around $45k. I can't remember how that number was calculated, but the people who compete in footbal, hand-egg ball, hockey, basketball, etc with a professional team skew that result.
Man, if you could do something boring and be "rich" this would be easy as fuck. The problem is you have to do something boring, likely very hard, and then you maybe have enough to survive decently depending on where you are. You will most likely never own your home no matter how boring your job.
This is exactly what I want too, yet I don't have years of experience, references, a college degree. guess I'll grab an application from McDonalds and live the rest of my life in extreme poverty 🙃
I have something sort of like that, except understaffing is the norm now so I do that and a whole other role as well and am expected to complete it all as if it's possible to do 15 hrs work in 7.5 hrs plus the shit that the more relaxed co-workers didn't do. Absolute and utter bullshit is just the norm now
@@Intimid Well maybe we should work on that right? It begins with becoming more concious about it and talk to other people about that. We can actually live in a moneyless society, without people having losses in the quality of life. It just takes a lot of rethinking and reprogramming... Oh never mind, that won't happen
As a person who is very poor and has no clue what my career path will be (but still going to uni anyway), I relate to this so much. I'm literally taking Japanese for fun and Psychology when I don't want to be a psychologist I don't know what I'm doing haha
Nobody really knows what they are doing. Nietzsche was right when he said the worst thing you can do to a philosopher is understanding and agreeing with him.
I was scoffed at for considering being a tattoo artist. She didn't even know I was already an apprentice at that time. Didn't ask if I draw, did art, none of that
As a girl, the jobs advice was Nursing, Social Work, Child-care, Aged Care. Basically looking after other people forever and cleaning up lots of poop. We don't even get suggested the FIFO
They've been trying to get women into FIFO for like 5 years now and haven't been able to. Why suggest something only 1 in every 100 women will even consider.
As a woman who's done FIFO work... I don't tell other women its a good idea. On the other hand, the lolly-pop-woman work was on fire not long ago, everyone I knew was suddenly in roadworks! Its a bit self-serving though, when you are given "career advice". What they are telling you is "this is where we have a shortage in the labour market. The work is either terrible and no one in a good situation will do it, or the pay will only cover the anti-depressant you need to cope with how poor you'll be no matter how much effort you put in."
Work conditions have improved slowly since the industrial revolution. Do not give up, join a union, keep fighting. The more people who tell you that you shouldn't join a union, the more you need one.
While there are a few decent unions left the vast majority only serve themselves. Be honest, I've worked several union shops. One had good health care but shit pay. The other negotiated everyone out of a job.
Is there term for people who don't actually contribute anything to society and actively leech off the hard work of others purely so they can do whatever they want all day? Oh, wait. Landlord. yeah I wanna be a landlord
You can. You just have unrealistic expectations about what a life of mere survival is like. No luxuries. No frivolities. No pleasure. You don't want to just survive, which is where the conflict is.
Work is called “work” because we wouldn’t do it unless we were paid to do it. Regardless of what profession you choose it will always be work. Even famous sports players or millionaire UA-camrs eventually consider and find their profession to be work. No matter how passionate you are there is a 99% chance you will eventually find it to be work. You must choose a profession which feels the least like work and fulfils you in some way. Whether that be money or helping people.
The problem now is being poor didn't include debt building up to the eyeballs even with belt tightening, if people can't support themselves on the job they have then we're in a system descend for failure.
Pick a job you like and get chastised by everyone for not picking a "stable job" and be poor. Or pick a boring job and get fired within 2 years due to layoffs and then get chastised by everyone for being lazy, while you're also poor.
There are fun, well paying jobs, but everyone wants them so they only take the best of the best of the best. Everyone want to be an astronaut but you have to be a fighter pilot with a phd and straight A's.
The one time I tried them they basically said "yea I'd say have a look at our homepage there you'll find more. I also might maybe help you find a job but it's only 1 every month and you'll hate it so you should probably find it yourself.
its like they dont even try to find a job that fits you. and its because all they do is read from a list of positions that got sent to them from various companies
I thought being a graphic designer would be fun. I went to school for it because I'm creative and stuff.... welp, here I am... jobless because there's so many graphic designers that I really have to make a name for myself and that shit is hard with all the competition
@@2MeterLP Exactly. The problem is there's so many other "best" designers that there's no chance to beat them. You need a miracle to stand out because almost everything has been done already
I'm a graphic designer with 25 years experience. It's a load of utter bollocks. Never ever go into the industry. It's full to the brim of useless cunts willing to work for nothing. The industry is destroyed.
Will be replaced by AI anyway. I was earning a modest income as a freelance writer for years. Then it all dried up. Now I work manual labour and better off both physically and mentally for it. But I don't do it full time as that would kill me, and I want to have time to live some kind of life hard as that may be in the hellscape we find ourselves in today.
Been there, done that 10 years ago buddy. There's 100 million graphic designers on the internet. And trying to draw people just to you is near to impossible. Your best bet is to design shop logos and banners
Nah, the trick is to do something boring (but important) during the day, and then do all the cool stuff during the evenings and weekends! That way, you can still be a pro at table tennis AND have income!
So basically no free time at all. It's all work. Even if you enjoy the second Tenis related job you basically took your passion and monetized it, and that always leads to it becaing just your second job that you lost passion for.
Alternatively, you can pick a job that you don't like, work very hard, and still be poor. In fact it's the default setting.
Only if you spend more than you earn.
You can always save and invest.
@@dismantledbrain5910 Yeah bro, just live in a cardboard box and spend your money on investments with a 7% return instead of rent.
@@kvasir8931 Read the first part again.
The "default setting" can be avoided if you get a high paying job and don't spend money on stupid things. Of course I'm not telling McDonald's employees to save and invest.
@@dismantledbrain5910lmao yeah everyone should just get a “High paying job” 💀😂
@@jjjfo1818 Why would someone pay you a lot if you're on an easily replacable position?
I never said everyone should have a high paying job, obviously the world doesn't work that way, but you can study and take risks to get something more than minimum wage.
"Are you passionate about this work?"
"Yes!"
"Do you have a minimum 1 year relevant experience?"
"Uhh.. no"
"Oh sorry, we can't accept you"
"How do I get some experience?"
"Work"
They want you to volunteer
@@dismantledbrain5910 wrong, they want people with previous experience so they don't waste time and money training you.
@@Cheems59 yeah but that also creates a very clever system where people do free internships to just get an entry level job experience. The employers win from both sides.
@@DrDiabolical000 sorry if I can't afford to do that, I would like to not be homeless. why would I ever agree to work for free?
@@Cheems59because the guy that gets the job worked for free before that
Frankly a lot of it seems like, nowadays, the options are "do something you love and be dead broke", or "do something Menial and soul crushing and also potentially body crushing , and be slightly less dead broke"
Haha yeah true enough. The past couple years crushed me too. All the inflation has made it so I'm making less than 5 years ago.
I’d rather be dead broke and happy then be stressed out and depressed
May I add that in some jobs you could go insane and accidently die...
Yep
And then there's the shocking amount of jobs that contact you outside of work hours to give you more work, or make it very hard to organise holiday time at all.
I don't understand why can't I get a normal job like being a trust fund kid or an inheritor of the never met filthy rich uncle's fortune
If you find the application form for that role online can you send me a link 😂
Mee too please.@@sophieh6674
What a coincidence I'm looking for a trust fund kid, taking interviews in my basement
My uncle is poor. Tf did he do slacking off like that? AND I have to know him too? What a raw deal.
Apparently my Great Great Grandfather was one of the 19th century posh people. His occupation was 'Gentleman'.
Unfortunately, he chose his second wife poorly, and when she died, her daughter inherited the ENTIRE fortune and cut him and my great grandmother out entirely. The only skill the rich need is how to manipulate inheritance law, and he couldn't even do that -_-
think about it, career counselors are paid to know which jobs are best, and they chose career counseling 👀
Had a career counselor once take my resume for "improvement", then give it back with a ton of spelling mistakes and rearranged stuff. She then told me "don't touch anything, just send it in the way I gave it to you. This resume format worked for me". Needless to say I tried it for 50-100 positions and got ghosted. Maybe would have worked if I had the same melanin skin content as her.
@@asliceofloaf1984 ah, the classic "we swear we didn't deny you because of your race" trick. if it helps at all, im white and for the past few years I only got one reply on my applications... for a fucking janitor job of all things
Guessing you're a black male and she was a white female? 😂
Like gurus who teach you how to be a guru that teaches other gurus how to guru.
Had a career counsellor from my high school, when I'd already graduated and visited the school, tell me the realistic side of the fashion industry and it made me realise I'd never want to work in an industry like that. Put me right off. It's not something I would have enjoyed. You can have many dreams as a kid but you just have no idea how the industry would be like, I mean how can you? All you have is the impressions TV gives you of certain industries.
"...but I have no passion for doing that kind of work."
Yep, every adult in the room smiled.
Why though? Like honestly if everyone stood up to this shit it wouldn’t be like this.
@@SolidPayne you clearly have no idea how the world runs
@@SolidPayne Oh great, now there's no one in the mines and our society's collapsed.
@@BahomaVidyaChannel Honestly any job can be made appealing I know tons of people that "love" their hard work job. Me personally most jobs I actually liked were hard work. BUT there is schedule there is safety and benefits and pay. Me personally some of favorites did 3x12 schedule leaving me simply able to enjoy more days off than I spent working. Or another one was work was paid by the work. So I could go in load a truck get 8hrs worth of pay and leave before lunch time without actually losing pay.
And seriously second job I loved it gave me a little cardio little workout kept me in shape but I was able to pursue things I actually enjoyed. Like fast food only gets desperate people these days and is everyones dead last resort. NOT just because pays shitty. But schedules are inconsistent. You understaffed and stressed out whole time. Little local place near me doesnt really pay better. But everyone has fixed days set schedules allowing people to work around spouses schedule allowing them to work out childcare etc. And they have enough staff they are not skipping lunch breaks they are not getting screamed at by customers for being slow. And when businesses were all whining "nobody wants to work" they actually never saw a decrease in applications. In fact it was most applications they ever saw because most other businesses were"peaking in shitty behavior".
Like honestly in a way that actually reflects it for example ceo honestly if you still spent most day golfing and did had executive suite and all bills paid and made 30k a year. People would still line up for that job. Where you make handful of decisions a year. And get credit for simply taking advice given by actual professionals in marketing or what ever "decisions you are making".
lol I think most people would settle for not hating their job
My ancestors really dropped the ball on making me an heiress.
Apparently I had 3 titled land owners in my ancestry and they all gambled/drank it all away 😂
@@SoniaH-m4gthe bastards
@@reacher8042 Meh I look at Australia and then look at France/England/Ireland and I think “fork that” I got the better deal 🇦🇺🥇🌞🍺🏄🏼♀️
😂
@@SoniaH-m4g was it given to them?
Somehow I believe this is the exact conversation Jaxon had about becoming a UA-camr.
It was probably Lachlan given that he's the brains behind the channel.
@@jackaufenhand5710 Lachlan may be the brains, but Jaxon's the heart. (Darcy's the gallbladder).
@@DoctorScrimguard You are not wrong my friend
@@jackaufenhand5710 that's Dr my friend to you
Sadly, Jaxon would probably make more money selling feet pictures than he would as a teacher.
Less than one percent of OF girls make enough to live off of it. And a fraction of those again make enough to be considered rich. The vast majority sell their dignity for pennies.
I genuinely consider it an option if all else fails.
Quite a bit, just look at Tarantino
Who's feet though....
Male feet sell?
"maybe I'll start a business"
"That'll maybe ruin your life"
Ohh that one it close to home,
Can I ask what happened?
It's much better to be self employed. But yes it can ruin you if you let it get out of control. But the happiest people I know are those with simple busineses like lawn mowing or selling products online via dropshipping. Work as little or as much as you choose. That's the way it should be, not this 9 to 5 wage slave misery that so many are trapped in.
@@doo7896 Started a business in 2017, it took off, great growth, got some big clients. By the end of 2019 I was earning over 100k a year from it. Then covid hit, lockdowns nearly killed it.
Should have shut it down then, but I kept trying to save it, chasing the dream.
I put all my saving into it too keep it alive.
Two years later when I finally was forced to close I was broke, single and depressed.
Now I am less broke, still single and much happier,
Any advice? @@bigchief2331
@@bigchief2331But I will say, being able to work never a minute over 40 hours a week, and still have all your needs provided for, is pretty nice.
Sometimes being self employed you have to work 24/7 or feel as though you're always at work.
So it all depends on your priorities.
I can’t even find an entry level job in my desired field with a bachelor’s degree for half the rate of the average in my geographic region. And that field doesn’t pay great to begin with.
Bro wtf is happening. I know what you mean.
Which field is it? If you don't mind me asking.
yup same.
yep pretty fucking ridiculous. Starting salary is so ffing low. Teachers pay is actually great
Is this accounting because that is how it is for me
As currently unemployed, yeah it do be like this
i am the same
Real
yup
It isn't your fault. They deliberately adjust interest rates to hit a target unemployment rate of about 3-5%. The reason that target isn't 0% is because if we hit that it's real bad for the 'economy' because we designed our economy wrong. Then they tell you it's your fault so you don't throw rotting vegetables at them.
real
"I'm already poor" I resonated with that 💀
I do something boring AND i'm poor...i must've got a bad career counsellor
Hard.
That resonated with you
He did that with much conviction
we are one step closer to the cafe shop
I was kinda expecting that, in the end, they'd realize career counseling would be the best bet, bringing everything full circle
Get this man in the writer’s room
Pro tip, if you want to end these meetings quickly: Just lead with "As long as I can remember, I've wanted to be a career counselor. It's my PASSION"
My lowest interest in life is whatever I envisioned as a "career". I do not want a career. I want to LIVE.
You can either have a career, to have some value to trade to others, or you can live entirely self sufficiently. You need things, and there are only two ways to get them; make them yourself or trade for them.
@@bobsmith5088 I am currently trading cryptocurrencies and forex for them
@@bobsmith5088 Becoming a vagabond living in the woods doesn't sound all that bad considering the last 10 or so years.
@bobsmith5088 yea no not when automation is doing better work that 80% of employed people?
@@IFibreOpticI No what?
"I have no passion for doing that kind of work."
The response I'd give: "That's great, you'll fit in anywhere outside of research."
How about researching in giving a damn Hahaha
In the end it doesnt matter what you are passionate about, your passion will die because you work so hard for so little, or you deal with idiots
or both to be honest
It matters what you can live with as a career. Be passionate about your hobbies, be neutral about your job
As a kid i had so many ideas i wanted to be a musician and an inventor, after being screamed at, gaslight, being ignored,and having my civil rights violates by employers for 12 years - on top of school doing it to us all befor - i need alchohol or weed because if im alone with my thoughts now its just air, or survival mode.
Once you lose the passion its gone.
@@Kamo442 both, in my case
debatable
Wow i wish I had this advice growing up. They told me I could be anything I wanted...didn't tell me about heaps of money
I wish they had these talks in life skills lessons around schools. We need to start being realistic to the younger generations ... you can't be anything you want to be because it's very expensive and if you want to live a comfortable life, choose a career that benefits society
@@honestreviews7185 if you want to live a *miserable* and comfortable life, yes
I love when they act like they have the power to actually get you a job.
Yep I fell for that one twice. Sometimes it takes me awhile to get it
Whoever says money can't buy you happiness is 100% filthy rich. I'd be so happy if I just had the money to travel freely and enjoy my youth. But no I'm crammed studying an engineering degree and eating noodles.
It is true though. Read some books about Stoic or Cynic philosophy to understand. The mistake most people make is thinking happiness is the absence of suffering.
@@daanschone1548 It's not true. Money is freedom. Freedom is happiness for many people.
@@Petrol_Sniffa Wild animals are free. They don't need money. And neither do you.
@@daanschone1548 Wild animals aren't trapped in society's confines and also have no idea about anything, don't compare us to wild animals.
@@daanschone1548 people aren't wild animals. stoicism was a philosophy invented by the powerful to take advantage of and abuse the weak by gaslighting them into compliance. Epictetus and many others were nothing more than an ancient psyop.
Ideally, I would like to do nothing and have passive income. That or a professional tv watcher.
Professional mattress tester.
you might wanna consider becoming a reaction youtuber lmao
Hot-tub stream when?
I bet there are a tonne of jobs you'd kinda enjoy - ones that'd benefit society too. Unfortunately that's not how our stupid economy works.
I’ve been listening to a guy on yt recently who’s essentially suggested that if everyone had a roughly equal degree of ownership of assets like land, residential and commercial property, natural resources, stocks and bonds, we’d probably actually all be living off a combination of some work and a bunch of ‘passive income’ from our assets. He seems to think that’s the way this whole system is supposed to work. What’s happening though instead is that the super rich essentially monopolise all the assets, without really doing any work, and everyone else is forced to work their whole lives, all the while handing them over rent in various forms just to sustain their own existence.
At least for me it’s kind of inspired me to pursue that kind of ‘template’ of middle class asset owner, as I feel like that’s kind of the life everyone deserves - despite how many issues I have with the nature of work.
Oh man I'd love "boring" as compared to the high anxiety jobs with sporadic scheduling like retail, restaurants, hospitality, and such
I was in hospitality and realized couldn't do it forever. Got into Web Dev put in alot of work and loved it. Got a remote job and enough to live off of and actually felt at peace with my life. Lost job and havent been able to find work it it since. Now where I could tolerant doing service jobs before. Now having a taste of what I wanted those jobs now are absolute torture and legit losing my mind😫
Damn same for me but I even studied a bachelor of IT lol
Try to find some bootcamp that also offers "career opportunities" (meaning they could connect you with potential employers). If you have experience then you are better than people who have skills but no experience. If you get employed then the bootcamp can take credit for your employment as an alumni. It could be a win-win situation.
Other than that (and most probably you already know this) just keep sending resumes, building web projects, sending mails directly to HRs, etc.
Hope you find it. Wishing you the best.
The whole IT industry just laid off a heap of staff. You're competing with extremely experienced unemployed people at the moment. Things should recover eventually, but really IT is an industry that's levelling off and consolidating. The 'learn to code' people had their way and now there's heaps of competition.
Are you on Linked In? I don't know how much that helps people, but I obviously see my friends on there with great resumes.
Used to be a psycho-analyst, now a homeless man Whos only goal is to rack up as many fines as I can before i pass for giggles n shits.
I was unemployed, useless, had no skills, almost no relevant experience, no references, hated everything, didn’t want colleagues, didn’t like customers, didn’t like offices, didn’t want to be near humans for any reason at all, and generally hated everything and everyone…. And that’s when I became a truck driver. 🚛😊
But are you rich or are you poor?????
@@BeczaBot still poor obviously… I don’t think it’s possible to get rich from driving up and down the road… but at least you don’t need to be around humanity…
@@Cypher791no true at all. I know a lot of people pulling hazardous material loads making $85,000/ year minimum to start plus full medical and vacation pay and home nights or weekends or 3 weeks on and two weeks off . After 1-2 years is easily over $100,000 base salary.
@@BeczaBot Obviously poor. There is no job that you can be hired for that will make you rich. That's not how capitalism works.
Inflation is greater than interest. Saving money is impossible when a house costs 3+ million and your savings devalue faster than they gain capital.
That's boomer shit that was true decades ago, not for us. It's 2024. That's not how the world works anymore. Working is for poor people to survive. Rich people don't work.
@@clearskiesranch1362 That's poor, in Australia. You would never be able to buy a home with that kind of pay.
"I don't like doing any work"
- "Okay Jackson, work with me"
"What do you want to do as a job"
What I enjoy!
"Fuck that work a 9-5 and be miserable"
What really sucks is that most kids have no idea what they enjoy doing, outside of video games or hanging out with friends. There are literally thousands of different jobs you could land in. I'm an hvac Technician, and it's now part of my passion. Just so happened to try a bunch of things and this one I liked
@@mrmidwestguy1496 unfortunately its near impossible nowadays to "try a bunch of things" when companies don't hire people with no experience. and to get that experience you either need to go to school or know someone who is willing to teach you. quite the paradox we live in
@@mrmidwestguy1496 Let's be real. Nobody really knows if they'll like something until they're in it. You might think you like something and then come to hate it real quick once you actually start working.
@@rotatorcuffs8140 that’s why I would give the advice to try a couple of things. White collar work and/or blue collar work. If you have no idea.
What I find sad is that society isn’t preparing kids for the real world. We elevate/glorify doctors, engineers, astronauts, and anything intellectual. But why??? Most of society isn’t smart. Heck, I’m probably average or maybe even slightly above. But I can tell you with 100% certainty I was never made to be a doctor, engineer, or anything smart 😂
And im ok with that! I’m 29, love my life, family, and home. It’s nothing special, But I’d rather be enjoying my time with family than having a million dollar and work 80hrs a week.
Most people will have a boring ass job anyways, so just get out there and try. Maybe you’ll land in a new job where you had no idea you’d love.
Good luck out there mate🫡
@M4DD4WG stay miserable man, I’m happy with my 1,800 sq foot home, great job, great family, great community. I don’t need a 5 million dollar mansion. I have everything I’ll ever need. Contentment doesn’t cost anything.
These the kinda dudes that would recommend working retail and "working your way up" (literally not a thing)
Unless you plan to become a supervisor in retail but even they don’t make a whole lot more
@@drankFoDyeah bro, supes get paid 5/8's, like maybe a dollar - 1.50 more than an assistant, and you have heaps more responsibility
@@lachlan4534 Good luck on getting out man
@@drankFoD That's one job I won't ever go back to: salaried retail store manager. Isolated from any form of help or sympathy and way more unrealistic expectations from corporate.
I started at the bottom working retail in my industry and eventually worked my way up to Head Office managing our wholesale team Pacific wide. So yeah, it very much can be a thing.
"this is loife, this is what loife is loike" - lachlan fairbairn, circa 2024
😂
bloody yank
Oaaaarrr noaaarrrr
how do the muricans say it? luuurrfe?
Sounded like “life” to me
Not me and my sister literally putting in like twenty job applications in today and then seeing this videos notification and upon clicking it, utterly relating to it 100 percent 😭😂
Especially to the heart-felt "this sucks" part
lol. 20 is nothing
@@CyrilCommando Nah, it's a lot. You've just become used to being cucked that so you not only expect to put in triple digits a day, you want to drag everyone else down as well.
If you max out on the offers in your state, 20 is alot
@@CyrilCommando weird flex bro, maybe rework your application papers
Growing up i was told alot of contradicting messages to follow your passion and pick a career that you will love. But in highschool careers class i got weird looks because my presentation of what i wanted to do was write and draw comics 😎 .... needless to say while im working graphic design now i havent learned my lesson, i still want to make comics-- just not with the expectation of money. Money was never the goal anyway 😂
Mine's was world domination but Jeff bezos beat me to it :-(
@@OLG.R :'-(
Money pfft.. who needs it.. not me
@@OLG.Reverybody thinks they want world domination until they do. And then they realize they just wanted to be left alone and do some organic gardening and read books.
Depression. This is my life as a uni graduate 😓
😔 Got a job yet?
lol same
oh so you want to pursue anything that isn't STEM? A creative pursuit?? yeah okay buddy how's labour force or homeless sound?
it honestly sucks being born terrible at Maths in our lord and saviors year 2024. I genuinely feel like I'm missing a limb; the future is NOT looking bright for me at 25 lol
@@Sam-uk4mb Go work in the mines!
@@lentilreflection2676 I want to play table tennis
More like TE. Research in the sciences doesn’t pay too well across the board barring exceptions
"Barring exceptions"
Well obviously.
"Maybe I could start a UA-cam channel, get millions of followers, get rich that way?"
"Don't be daft, do you realise what you have to invest in to do that? You're gonna need cameras, quality mics, backdrops, hair, clothes, makeup, props, targeted content, 10 minute vids to please the algorithm, for a slow climb over many years up to get maybe a couple of hundred thousand followers, how would you even get started?"
"Can't we just hang around the house improvising mini-skits that we dream up every morning while taking a dump and film it on our phones? Props? You know, whatever we find lying around or under the kitchen sink. Couldn't I do that?"
"Don't be silly, that would never work..."
Oh shit wait a minute....
Yep, follow your passion, you might be poor but you'll be happy (if you're ok with being poor)
As an american I know my schedule is fucked when I catch one of these right as they're uploaded
Funny but on point. Our entire global civilization has no respect for human flourishing.
For me it's like, If I don't have the passion for it, It's physically and mentally impossible!
ADHD my dude
You should look into autism. I don't mean it in a rude way
I had my careers meeting last week, this is pretty much bang on
"I don't like doing any work."
"Alright Jaxon, work with me here."
I see what you did there.
Me being already in my career that "yay" really spoke to me.
Remember, the first 364 days of the year are the hardest, after that, it's all down hill!
Hey I actually want to work in a Cafe as a barista and am moving to Melbourne within a month, wish me luck bois!
Good luck, bro!
Good luck bud
If you're good apparently you can make pretty good money in Melbourne - relatively speaking.
Good luck being poor as shit in an expensive area
"What do you like to do for work"
"I dont like doing any work"
*Everybody agreed with that*
Funny bc u can study something boring and safe and then graduate and there’s no jobs
except primary school. honestly i probs should do that starting salary in australia is 78k. this is fucked.
at recent few Olympics, many athletes were doing door dash, uber eats or other gigs on days they were not competing. You may be surprise to know that many sports don't pay well at all, only few like football (all the different types) or 100m sprint actually has big money sponsors for the athletes. Many Olympians do not make a living off their sport and work another full time job that makes 90% of their income.
The average pay for an elite athlete is around $45k. I can't remember how that number was calculated, but the people who compete in footbal, hand-egg ball, hockey, basketball, etc with a professional team skew that result.
And the ones that win are from rich countries that do support their athletes enough so they can train fulltime.
Honestly thought they were going to say "I'll just become a UA-camr" and shit on that for a bit
As someone who’s currently trying to switch careers to something, anything, else: This hit too close to home.
Man, if you could do something boring and be "rich" this would be easy as fuck. The problem is you have to do something boring, likely very hard, and then you maybe have enough to survive decently depending on where you are. You will most likely never own your home no matter how boring your job.
if working boring jobs made you rich, then I would be a billionaire by now
@@Cheems59 If boredom made you rich, I'd be a trillionaire who owns the entire world
Honestly I'd be happy with a job where I can just sort things and fill in excel spreadsheets all day and can't even find THAT.
Same, I have a Masters in Industrial Engineering and Management and in my region it's Impossible to find something like that, entry level
Why though. I work with excel daily and some days I have to go early so as not to destroy my computer in a violent fit.
@@MisterJingo93 i have been jobsearching for over a year. That is why at this point.
This is exactly what I want too, yet I don't have years of experience, references, a college degree. guess I'll grab an application from McDonalds and live the rest of my life in extreme poverty 🙃
I have something sort of like that, except understaffing is the norm now so I do that and a whole other role as well and am expected to complete it all as if it's possible to do 15 hrs work in 7.5 hrs plus the shit that the more relaxed co-workers didn't do. Absolute and utter bullshit is just the norm now
A life not doing your passion is a wasted life. Thelema.
99% of lives are wasted then and have been throughout history
Try saying that when you have kids to feed and elderly parents slowly slipping into dementia.
My only passion is sitting on my ass and playing video games
Let’s WAKE UP and put a end to this modern day slavery it’s about fuckin time
Only solution is for all the poor and middle class to boycott currency in general.
@@Intimid Well maybe we should work on that right? It begins with becoming more concious about it and talk to other people about that. We can actually live in a moneyless society, without people having losses in the quality of life. It just takes a lot of rethinking and reprogramming... Oh never mind, that won't happen
@@Intimid Bitcoin is the solution you're looking for.
Slaves don't get paid. That's very offensive considering there are real modern day slaves all over the world.
@@PowerofRock24 bitcoin is still currency.
"Are you already rich?"
"No, I'm not already rich. I'm already POOR"
😂😂😂😂😂😂
“No I’m not already rich. I’m already *poor.”*
I felt that
As a person who is very poor and has no clue what my career path will be (but still going to uni anyway), I relate to this so much. I'm literally taking Japanese for fun and Psychology when I don't want to be a psychologist
I don't know what I'm doing haha
Don't have a mental breakdown at 25 homie. Good Luck!
@@myboy732 haha thanks I'll try not to
Aren't you worried about graduating with a ton of student loan debt?
@@nobleape9281 trying not to worry about that. It's a future problem :)
Nobody really knows what they are doing. Nietzsche was right when he said the worst thing you can do to a philosopher is understanding and agreeing with him.
Darcy did a bangup job playing the "Welcome" sign.
Politician, perfect job for him.
I was scoffed at for considering being a tattoo artist. She didn't even know I was already an apprentice at that time. Didn't ask if I draw, did art, none of that
Omg how is this true in every country though, i wanna cry
mate i just chose my VCE subjects in line with becoming an author... thanks for the ENCOURAGEMENT 😭
"i could be a teacher"
"how much money do wanna make?"
"A LOT"
"nah then we strike that off"
Cries in underpaid teacher😭😭😭😭😭
As a girl, the jobs advice was Nursing, Social Work, Child-care, Aged Care. Basically looking after other people forever and cleaning up lots of poop. We don't even get suggested the FIFO
I'll take that shit over hard labour in a factory or a mine. Wanna swap jobs?
FIFO cleaner, problem solved.
They've been trying to get women into FIFO for like 5 years now and haven't been able to. Why suggest something only 1 in every 100 women will even consider.
As a woman who's done FIFO work... I don't tell other women its a good idea.
On the other hand, the lolly-pop-woman work was on fire not long ago, everyone I knew was suddenly in roadworks!
Its a bit self-serving though, when you are given "career advice". What they are telling you is "this is where we have a shortage in the labour market. The work is either terrible and no one in a good situation will do it, or the pay will only cover the anti-depressant you need to cope with how poor you'll be no matter how much effort you put in."
@@jackaufenhand5710 The main difference is, Social work, Child care and Aged care pay hardly anything compared to mining.
My last career counselor recommended a scam to me.
Based
I haven't seen these guys in years, it's great to see them looking so healthy ⚡️🙏
Damn, glad i picked my job in 2023, not 2024
Just popping in to say Canary In A Coalmine is an absolute banger. Nice choice.
Even with a college degree, finding a job is SO hard. A lot of jobs that require college degrees pay less than $40,00 USD a year.
Essentially the only livable situation is to still live with your parents and work that $40'000 a year job. And forget ever getting married.
Stumbled across this video today. Hadn't seen you two since you were little kids 😂.
Glad to see you're still uploading.
Take it easy Fairbairn
We live in a dystopian nightnare.
It's my dream a lovely dream indeed
Sounds like my parents when i said i wanted to be an artist.
can you believe our ancestors were selfish af to have earned money for like thousands of years and didn't give two fux to think to pass anything to us
meanwhile living my best ancestor life over here LOL little apple hasn't fallen far from the tree then !
“Which one of those options sounds good?”
“This sucks.”
That hit me in the soul lol
I already argue with everyone for free, might as well make money for it -17 year old me deciding to be a lawyer (it worked out)
Are you a lawyer?
@@youshorts5424 obv
OF is looking more and more tempting every day 😩
I considered (and may still be considering) learning how to draw so I can sell porn commissions on twitter.
Too right
Lol. Go for it, you might earn big I’ve seen.
We could go in it together 🤡
You have my total support
How much for a membership ?
This really hits me in the feels as a guy working in retail who’s sending in a zillion job applications
Keep going mate! Flood the algorithm
@@R_Phoenix0 yep I’ll do that then I’ll get a VB.
First to fall over when the atmosphere is less than perfect
Work conditions have improved slowly since the industrial revolution. Do not give up, join a union, keep fighting. The more people who tell you that you shouldn't join a union, the more you need one.
While there are a few decent unions left the vast majority only serve themselves. Be honest, I've worked several union shops. One had good health care but shit pay. The other negotiated everyone out of a job.
@@biff3917 Do you have data on this or are you just projecting your bad experiences on 'the vast majority' of unions?
@@choboibigly6565 while I am in favor of union. he provided the same amount of data and proof that you did, which is none.
@@choboibigly6565 Eric Bernes, the book.
Beyond Games and Scripts.
you will love it.
honestly best career counsellor
Is there term for people who don't actually contribute anything to society and actively leech off the hard work of others purely so they can do whatever they want all day?
Oh, wait. Landlord. yeah I wanna be a landlord
😂
If they don't contribute anything, then it's pretty silly of people to keep giving the so much money.🤔
@@bobsmith5088
Because people need homes to live in and these leeches hog them so they can force you to buy overpriced rent
So spot on is incredible
Literally why can’t I just get a retail job and have enough to survive?
Unfortunately it's because it isn't 1985 anymore...
You can. You just have unrealistic expectations about what a life of mere survival is like. No luxuries. No frivolities. No pleasure.
You don't want to just survive, which is where the conflict is.
Work is called “work” because we wouldn’t do it unless we were paid to do it.
Regardless of what profession you choose it will always be work. Even famous sports players or millionaire UA-camrs eventually consider and find their profession to be work. No matter how passionate you are there is a 99% chance you will eventually find it to be work.
You must choose a profession which feels the least like work and fulfils you in some way. Whether that be money or helping people.
Last time i was this early Darcy was still here
Why isn’t Darcy here anymore ?
@@midnightsdarling80 works for cold ones, he made a cameo in one of fairbairns videos a few vids back
@@midnightsdarling80 He's on a podcast called ColdOnes
@@midnightsdarling80 He works at Cold Ones now
@LucianGraves-x3qso what you’re saying is he has a job where he doesn’t have to work much but gets to make heaps of money?
“I don’t like doing any work.” Me too brother.
Haha just after I told my job provider I'm studying to become a teacher
Aussie teachers are paid decently. Not like buying a house on one income but 70k a year isn't peanuts.
That punchline was hilarious! I'm sure he'd find a niche market for that. Haha!
Darcy's acting as the job was wild
Glad to see this bit is still going strong
Glad to see some funny and original comments
Could hardly tell it was him
> 😂😂😂 American society in a nutshell 😆😆
Write books about teaching table-tennis players?
I would recommend him writing short novels about a Tenis Player that can destroy anything. Call it One Ball Man.
The problem now is being poor didn't include debt building up to the eyeballs even with belt tightening, if people can't support themselves on the job they have then we're in a system descend for failure.
You just have unrealistic expectations. Look at consumption and quality of life statistics over the generations.
This life really is soul crushing isn't it
The choices are fun job, but you're definitely poor, or a boring job where you're probably still poor.
Pick a job you like and get chastised by everyone for not picking a "stable job" and be poor.
Or pick a boring job and get fired within 2 years due to layoffs and then get chastised by everyone for being lazy, while you're also poor.
There are fun, well paying jobs, but everyone wants them so they only take the best of the best of the best. Everyone want to be an astronaut but you have to be a fighter pilot with a phd and straight A's.
@@2MeterLP most people past the age of like 7 dont want to be astronauts brotherman
@@2MeterLP >fun
>regular lab work but with extra radiation
yippeeeeee
I don't mind SO much if it's boring, but I just don't want another stressful job.
Jaxon predicting my exact thoughts to Laughlin’s questions
career councillors are useless 😭 😭
counselor
The one time I tried them they basically said "yea I'd say have a look at our homepage there you'll find more.
I also might maybe help you find a job but it's only 1 every month and you'll hate it so you should probably find it yourself.
Especially those employment centres they don't do shit
@@MrSenChoi ye thx thats what i meant 😂 😂
its like they dont even try to find a job that fits you. and its because all they do is read from a list of positions that got sent to them from various companies
😂 feet pictures. I’m dying 😂😂😂
Holy cow Jackson lost a ton of weight.
"Do something boring and maybe be rich"
Good one bruv.
I thought being a graphic designer would be fun. I went to school for it because I'm creative and stuff.... welp, here I am... jobless because there's so many graphic designers that I really have to make a name for myself and that shit is hard with all the competition
Job sounds fun --> lots of people want to do it --> you have to be the best to get a job.
@@2MeterLP
Exactly. The problem is there's so many other "best" designers that there's no chance to beat them. You need a miracle to stand out because almost everything has been done already
I'm a graphic designer with 25 years experience. It's a load of utter bollocks. Never ever go into the industry. It's full to the brim of useless cunts willing to work for nothing. The industry is destroyed.
Will be replaced by AI anyway. I was earning a modest income as a freelance writer for years. Then it all dried up. Now I work manual labour and better off both physically and mentally for it. But I don't do it full time as that would kill me, and I want to have time to live some kind of life hard as that may be in the hellscape we find ourselves in today.
Been there, done that 10 years ago buddy. There's 100 million graphic designers on the internet. And trying to draw people just to you is near to impossible. Your best bet is to design shop logos and banners
I still love this show after 2 years.
Nah, the trick is to do something boring (but important) during the day, and then do all the cool stuff during the evenings and weekends!
That way, you can still be a pro at table tennis AND have income!
here's the secret: you'll still be dead broke anyways
So basically no free time at all. It's all work. Even if you enjoy the second Tenis related job you basically took your passion and monetized it, and that always leads to it becaing just your second job that you lost passion for.
The youtube algorithm can sense my depression coming on and it's trying to finish me off by recommending me these types of videos lmfao
lol