Buying groceries for rich people, I realized upward mobility is largely a myth

Post by TheOtherHobbes » Fri, Mar 25, 2016, 9:50 PM UTC

fleitz wrote: post #5

eitally wrote: post #2

I think this article is important and useful, but the title she chose is misleading. The content has absolutely nothing to do with higher education, or either correlative or causative connection to her employment with Instacart. Social mobility is an interesting research area, and it's important to be aware that most people who claim bootstrapping out of poverty is easy are the folks who've never been in poverty or w…

Did people stop hiring plumbers? It's difficult in North America to become a millionaire, but it's pretty trivial to escape poverty. What I often find is people would rather be poor than sell their skills to the highest bidder, eg. I know welders who refuse $60/hr jobs because they dislike the oil industry. Or train for jobs that actually pay, like plumbing.

Post by jaredhansen » Fri, Mar 25, 2016, 9:51 PM UTC

fleitz wrote: post #5

eitally wrote: post #2

I think this article is important and useful, but the title she chose is misleading. The content has absolutely nothing to do with higher education, or either correlative or causative connection to her employment with Instacart. Social mobility is an interesting research area, and it's important to be aware that most people who claim bootstrapping out of poverty is easy are the folks who've never been in poverty or w…

Did people stop hiring plumbers? It's difficult in North America to become a millionaire, but it's pretty trivial to escape poverty. What I often find is people would rather be poor than sell their skills to the highest bidder, eg. I know welders who refuse $60/hr jobs because they dislike the oil industry. Or train for jobs that actually pay, like plumbing.

Post by skylan_q » Fri, Mar 25, 2016, 9:52 PM UTC

mywittyname wrote: post #12

After reading that article, I realize how much truth there is to the old adage that, with a good article, you delete more than you save. This article feels like an interesting and thought provoking topic, but if it's there, it's hard to pinpoint while wading through the biography of half the author's family. Twenty three paragraphs but no message.

Post by cperciva » Fri, Mar 25, 2016, 9:54 PM UTC

Alex3917 wrote: post #10

I find it amusing that one of Instacart's competitors, TaskRabbit, is currently blanketing the NYC subway system with ads that say "We do chores. You live life." The implication being, at least the way I read it, that they consider their workforce to be perhaps slightly less than human.

Post by x5n1 » Fri, Mar 25, 2016, 9:56 PM UTC

skylan_q wrote: post #15

mywittyname wrote: post #12

After reading that article, I realize how much truth there is to the old adage that, with a good article, you delete more than you save. This article feels like an interesting and thought provoking topic, but if it's there, it's hard to pinpoint while wading through the biography of half the author's family. Twenty three paragraphs but no message.

Twenty three paragraphs but no message. The message is "tax the rich".