From what I heard - anecdotes from my online friends' parents and grandparents - in the mid-20th century it used to be ridiculously easy to get a job, for all s

From what I heard - anecdotes from my online friends' parents and grandparents - in the mid-20th century it used to be ridiculously easy to get a job, for all social classes. One anecdote that stuck in my mind was someone's grandfather in the 1950s quitting and going to work to a different factory only because they gave one week's pay in advance and they needed the money to take a girl on a date that weekend. Nowadays I hear things have changed a tiny little bit. But if you're a software engineer who reads Hacker News, you probably still don't need to worry much about finding a job at all, only about finding an enjoyable job in the right place that ensures a sufficiently upper-class salary.