my plan after graduating is getting what you call ”low skilled jobs” but in reality theyre just as important as other jobs. everybody looks at me like i am braindead when i tell them i dont really have many career ambitions other than that.
i dont want to do hard stuff like medicine or law because i dont feel like im made for that (but i respect people in those fields immensely). i dont want to invest in property and rent it out (hell no). i dont want to invest in weird companies ran by some guy in the Eipstein files. i dont want to get a corporate job where i sit on my ass and do nothing.
i honestly dont even want to go to college atleast right now. why does everybody act like you have to have a mystical job with 3 Phds.
i feel like some people insist that you go get that degree immediately simply because they have so much disdain for work (nothing wrong with doing that if thats what you want to do of course).
why do some people act like youre an inferior lifeform for wanting to work as a barista or at a grocery store. our lives would collapse without those workers there.
i do want to do things with my life and have ambitions in general but its not about capital... i want to improve my social life, start sewing, watch movies, go to my first concert, go to therapy, spend time with my family and so much more.
the job is just supposed to fund that and help me remain in touch with my community and be expected to be somewhere so that i dont die all alone and nobody finds my corpse for months on end...
Think it depends on what they consider "low skill".
A lot of people consider ANY manual labor / customer-facing jobs as low-skill.
Electrician apprenticeships are extremely limited in my area, and the waitlists are >3 years to get in, but they pay pretty well once you become one.
I have a barista friend who works late nights / weekends, she gets pretty good money but she ROTS on days off because her sleep schedule is so messed up, she's also technically part-time so no benefits.
The trade off for any manual labour type jobs is that you have to accept the reality that your body will be decrepit by your mid-30s. So while being an electrician might pay well once you become certified, that's only for a relatively short while. Also, the idea that a lot of trades pay anywhere near well is largely a myth, the salaries are fairly low, unless you work for yourself. In that case though, the amount of work you'll do with admin, taxes, finding jobs, advertising, and actually working means that you'll do nothing but work.
While it's sad, the same also goes for front-of-house style jobs such as being a barista, waitress, or bartender. Once you start to age, your income will slip.