1) There's no reason you can't look for a job before quitting your current one. In fact, you should always be looking for better opportunities, no matter how mu

1) There's no reason you can't look for a job before quitting your current one. In fact, you should always be looking for better opportunities, no matter how much you like your current job. 2) Is it harder for parents, single or not? Yea. Yet these are the people you most often see make the change. They have the right motivation, moreso than singles their age without kids. 3) The fact that the low paying job exists, and will always exist, doesn't mean you have to be the one to do it forever. Or anyone else. You get a job, you get experience, you move on to a better job, and someone with less experience takes over your old job. The world turns. >some percentage of the population will be in this situation Yes- entry level workers, kids, and maybe some people that are rebuilding their life. They're not meant to be careers.