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The author seems to confuse difficulty and skill. Just because a job is difficult doesn't mean it's high-skill. It's all about how big the pool of people are w
by al_borland 1y ago
The author seems to confuse difficulty and skill. Just because a job is difficult doesn't mean it's high-skill.
It's all about how big the pool of people are who can do the job, and how quickly a new person off the street can take over. If any able-bodied and employable person can do the job and be trained to be productive in a few minutes or hours, that's a low skill job, regardless of how difficult it may be in terms of some physical or emotional metrics.
- JMiao 1y agoi would say the majority of servers i've met, at decent restaurants with glamorous owners who should be able to pay decent wages, are mediocre at their jobs. like unskilled middlemen between me and the kitchen. you are correct that it must be tough for skilled servers to compete with cheaper, warm bodies pulled off the street.