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Love how 10 of the listed job categories are some form of managers. No rent seeking here folks ... move along.
by p4wnc6 10y ago
Love how 10 of the listed job categories are some form of managers. No rent seeking here folks ... move along.
- douche 10y agoEventually we'll get to a point where it is just a circular hierarchy of managers managing other managers managing the first set of managers. Emails and meetings will fly around ceaselessly, while the machines churn away.
- madengr 10y agoA friend and I had a similar theory about convenience stores, since they seem to sprout up like weeds. If everyone just shopped at everyone's else's store, it would spread the wealth.
- p4wnc6 10y agoSounds like the "ascended economy" recently discussed on Slate Star Codex [0]. [0] < http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/05/30/ascended-economy/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/05/30/ascended-economy/ > Edit: it struck me that in your scenario, it might be better referred to as the "ass-ended economy" har har har
- ryandrake 10y agoThe graphic doesn't say anything about how prevalent these jobs are, just which ones are high paying and have high pay growth. It should not be surprising that medical professionals and managers are in these categories. Trust me, we're far from your world of "managers managing managers all the way down". These jobs aren't growing on trees. Go look for an actual management job posting--you'll find that for every 1 management role most companies have, there are probably 100 non-manager roles open.
- T0T0R0 10y agoThere's almost certainly already a micro-economy of exactly that sort of thing happening at companies like Facebook. People sit around in offices, organizing daily stand ups about project planning, and assessing focus group reports for eye-motion-tracking data tied to Like buttons, and accelerometer metrics surrounding ringtone events.