[paulryanrogers]

Maybe it's Amazon's predatory pricing and regulatory capture that drove most other nicer job opportunities out of business.

I used to work retail selling software and games as a teen. It was a nice starter job talking about the things I liked most. There were 7 places I could do that back in the day. Now the kids have only 3 such options in my area. Many areas now have none.

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Now the kids can learn to code online or post videos on YouTube or do a hundred other things we couldn’t do. The world moves on.

[paulryanrogers]

YouTube pays far below minimum wage for all but a tiny fraction of creators.

All 7 places I could have worked (doing what I enjoyed) as a teen paid above minimum wage.

> Now the kids can learn to code online

Starter coding jobs are increasingly rare in light of AI.

> or do a hundred other things we couldn’t do

Can you name a few that pay at least minimum wage?