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Yes, economy always evolve and changing. The new gigs in today era is: make youtube video, game streamer, instagram model, etc. Mind boggling how young people

by matz1 6y ago

Yes, economy always evolve and changing. The new gigs in today era is: make youtube video, game streamer, instagram model, etc. Mind boggling how young people these days can make considerable amount of money out of these.

durnygbur 6y ago
Ad industry is equally generous to all its servants. Including, or maybe in particular, to software professionals.
jlokier 6y ago
Those kinds of "influencer" gigs are a lottery. Most people do poorly in them, a very small number are very successful. It's like being a band, a few are stars, the rest can't afford to do it as their main job. The amount of money that the most successful can make is not a good indicator of likely income. They're not what is generally meant by "gig economy" by the way. What is generally meant are precarious jobs with variable shifts, often low paid. Things like Uber driving, minimum-wage jobs delivering food when there's demand, and zero-hour contracts working in shops.
- matz1 6y ago
  Sure, I'm not even talking about the stars, but even the fact young people can make any money out of these is incredible. I wouldn't imagine it in 1991. What I'm saying is for young people the opportunities for gig are relatively the same compared to 1991, except its in the different form. Not to mention the opportunities to aquire skill or to learn almost anything for free from the internet.
  - TacticalTable 6y ago
    > What I'm saying is for young people the opportunities for gig are relatively the same compared to 1991, except its in the different form. You've explicitly named lotteries and acted as if they're the same as actual gig employment. I have several instagram influencer friends, and a few who make youtube videos on the side. It's their dream to go pro. You want to know their collective income, from a pool of about 10 people, who have been working at this for over a year? It's under $100. That's not a gig, that's a lottery that costs time and energy. If you want to talk gigs, talk about Wag or Uber. Which, are also definitely not the same gigs that the article was talking about.
    - matz1 6y ago
      Your friend might have to look for how to improve the videos or look for different opportunities. I didn't say everyone can do it. I'm talking about opportunities, which also the article was talking about. The opportunities are equivalent but may not be the same gig.
      - adamsea 6y ago
        "You too can become an NBA player!" You have the opportunity if you work hard enough. Isn't it incredible ; ) But not everyone can do it. Wait -- if not everyone can do it, then is it really an opportunity? Or only for "those who can"?
        matz1 6y ago
        >"You too can become an NBA player!". You have the opportunity if you work hard enough I didn't say that. Rather to find opportunity that suitable for you. opportunity are there for everyone but a one particular gig may not be for everyone. Some suitable for being youtuber, some suitable for instagram model, some suitable to be game streamer, etc. These gig doesn't exist back in 1990, old people today shouldn't compare it the gig back in 1990, the economy are always evolving.
        staticman2 6y ago
        The opportunities you talk about are much like the opportunities to be an actor on television, they are few and far between compared to the amount of people who want those jobs. If the market supports 6000 Youtube stars and 100,000 people want to be Youtube stars your pep talk is naive.
        matz1 6y ago
        The opportunities I talked about is of course only same example, certainly not everything there is.

by matz1 6y ago

durnygbur 6y ago

Ad industry is equally generous to all its servants. Including, or maybe in particular, to software professionals.

jlokier 6y ago

Those kinds of "influencer" gigs are a lottery. Most people do poorly in them, a very small number are very successful. It's like being a band, a few are stars, the rest can't afford to do it as their main job. The amount of money that the most successful can make is not a good indicator of likely income. They're not what is generally meant by "gig economy" by the way. What is generally meant are precarious jobs with variable shifts, often low paid. Things like Uber driving, minimum-wage jobs delivering food when there's demand, and zero-hour contracts working in shops.

matz1 6y ago
Sure, I'm not even talking about the stars, but even the fact young people can make any money out of these is incredible. I wouldn't imagine it in 1991. What I'm saying is for young people the opportunities for gig are relatively the same compared to 1991, except its in the different form. Not to mention the opportunities to aquire skill or to learn almost anything for free from the internet.
- TacticalTable 6y ago
  > What I'm saying is for young people the opportunities for gig are relatively the same compared to 1991, except its in the different form. You've explicitly named lotteries and acted as if they're the same as actual gig employment. I have several instagram influencer friends, and a few who make youtube videos on the side. It's their dream to go pro. You want to know their collective income, from a pool of about 10 people, who have been working at this for over a year? It's under $100. That's not a gig, that's a lottery that costs time and energy. If you want to talk gigs, talk about Wag or Uber. Which, are also definitely not the same gigs that the article was talking about.
  - matz1 6y ago
    Your friend might have to look for how to improve the videos or look for different opportunities. I didn't say everyone can do it. I'm talking about opportunities, which also the article was talking about. The opportunities are equivalent but may not be the same gig.
    - adamsea 6y ago
      "You too can become an NBA player!" You have the opportunity if you work hard enough. Isn't it incredible ; ) But not everyone can do it. Wait -- if not everyone can do it, then is it really an opportunity? Or only for "those who can"?
      - matz1 6y ago
        >"You too can become an NBA player!". You have the opportunity if you work hard enough I didn't say that. Rather to find opportunity that suitable for you. opportunity are there for everyone but a one particular gig may not be for everyone. Some suitable for being youtuber, some suitable for instagram model, some suitable to be game streamer, etc. These gig doesn't exist back in 1990, old people today shouldn't compare it the gig back in 1990, the economy are always evolving.
        staticman2 6y ago
        The opportunities you talk about are much like the opportunities to be an actor on television, they are few and far between compared to the amount of people who want those jobs. If the market supports 6000 Youtube stars and 100,000 people want to be Youtube stars your pep talk is naive.
        matz1 6y ago
        The opportunities I talked about is of course only same example, certainly not everything there is.