[busterarm]

I worked shitty jobs into my 30s before I landed on my career. Suck it up.

Also you're missing the point. I didn't say anything about pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. You DON'T have to work hard. I said just show up. Every day. On time. That's literally the one thing I've seen in life that differentiates people who are successful in life from those who aren't.

And I know bank security guards who show up every day and live fulfilled happy successful lives. What I was saying was that commonly you'll find in unskilled labor jobs are people who don't show up every day. Not all of them but a large number. They won't do the minimum to succeed in life. They need the coddling.

[andrepd]

I'm sorry, but your impression is wrong. The biggest correlate with income is not your punctuality, not hours worked, not productivity. It is this: your parents' income. This directly contradicts the (popular) view that we live in a meritocracy where all you have to do to succeed is work hard and be smart and apply yourself.

> What I was saying was that commonly you'll find in unskilled labor jobs are people who don't show up every day.

Mind sharing the study of workplace absenteeism that you're basing that opinion on?

[busterarm]

I never correlated income with punctuality.

I correlated lack of punctuality with overrepresentation in low-wage+low-skill jobs.

There are also plenty of high-social status, skilled, low-income jobs that are thoroughly dominated by the upper classes, like college professors, journalists, rank & file media/fashion, and orchestra musicians. Those jobs are not low-skill and people in them tend to show up to work.