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"Unskilled labour" is a capitalist myth used to justify poverty wages. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by cyu to c/unions

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

This is a pretty shortsighted comment.

Never, in the history of the world, has it been easier and cheaper (free in many cases) to learn a new skill. Have you heard of this thing called the internet where there are thousands of free courses teaching anything and everything?

[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Planting? That’s your example of a desirable skill? Free courses will get you nowhere financially or otherwise. You need verifiable certificates and licenses.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Planting was a typo. Fixed that.

For many careers you do not need certs or licenses. Almost every role in big tech can be self taught. Programming, SQA, systems engineering, business analyst, project management, and on and on can all be self taught. I say this as I work with a number of folks that do not have college degrees.