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Might men without degrees might have skills that can be exchanged for goods, cash and services.

ravenstine 3y ago
They may also be less likely to believe they're "overqualified" for jobs outside the narrow domain of a college degree or that they shouldn't ever not be working because "I have a masters degree, dammit!"
- RollAHardSix 3y ago
  So much this. I could drop my cybersecurity SME position and go back into warehouse management at the drop of a hat. It's the passion for the cybersecurity field that makes me want to make this a career. However, if the wrong employer pressed too much..it's just a great feeling knowing you have multiple career options whether its by choice or sudden economic downturn.
toomuchtodo 3y ago
Struggle you can’t overcome is unnecessary suffering. Better to just meet your basic needs and reduce your expectations to optimize for happiness. This has been the general theme of everyone I’ve spoken to, regardless of how they identify, who has hopped off the career ladder and just makes ends meet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEET https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEET https://www.google.com/search?q=people+opting+out+of+the+labor+force https://www.google.com/search?q=people+opting+out+of+the+lab...
- sneed_chucker 3y ago
  see also https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_ping https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_ping
timbo1642 3y ago
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otoburb 3y ago
The "Great Resignation" label implies that such men are not working at all. But I'm not sure whether such economists have thought about whether the informal economy[1] is growing in proportion to the number of men who have "dropped" out of the (formal) employment numbers. [1] https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/system-d-and-stealth-nations https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning...
yieldcrv 3y ago
So can men with degrees when they exceed the supply of degree requiring jobs

They may also be less likely to believe they're "overqualified" for jobs outside the narrow domain of a college degree or that they shouldn't ever not be working because "I have a masters degree, dammit!"

RollAHardSix 3y ago
So much this. I could drop my cybersecurity SME position and go back into warehouse management at the drop of a hat. It's the passion for the cybersecurity field that makes me want to make this a career. However, if the wrong employer pressed too much..it's just a great feeling knowing you have multiple career options whether its by choice or sudden economic downturn.

toomuchtodo 3y ago

Struggle you can’t overcome is unnecessary suffering. Better to just meet your basic needs and reduce your expectations to optimize for happiness. This has been the general theme of everyone I’ve spoken to, regardless of how they identify, who has hopped off the career ladder and just makes ends meet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEET https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEET https://www.google.com/search?q=people+opting+out+of+the+labor+force https://www.google.com/search?q=people+opting+out+of+the+lab...

sneed_chucker 3y ago
see also https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_ping https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_ping

timbo1642 3y ago

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otoburb 3y ago

The "Great Resignation" label implies that such men are not working at all. But I'm not sure whether such economists have thought about whether the informal economy[1] is growing in proportion to the number of men who have "dropped" out of the (formal) employment numbers. [1] https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/system-d-and-stealth-nations https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning...

yieldcrv 3y ago

So can men with degrees when they exceed the supply of degree requiring jobs