Skilled vs Unskilled Labor
The cluster debates the myth of unskilled labor, the value and obsolescence of skills in the job market, and the challenges for workers without specialized, marketable skills like those in tech.
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This is literally an article about skilled workers?
I don't think there are enough skilled jobs for everyone
not everyone can be a software developer, and frankly we can't have a society of people who only have specialist skills. There will always be a need for people with minimal skills to do low-skill jobs. They're doing work that has to get done too.
Yeah but money can't pay for skill that doesn't exist anymore.
Skills become obsolete. Aptitudes don't.
Yes, the work takes more skills. It is not 'functionally gatekept'.
It's a tough job market for anyone who can't differentiate their skills from the pack. That's not a big, it's the feature that incentivizes people to skill up.
What's the skill level required for those billions of jobs?
Those people might be less skilled than you in, say, programming. That doesn't mean they are less skilled at making money.
the concept of no-skill workers is a myth