Oh I agree with you...I found my niche as well.
What I do see though is a lot of folks who dropped out of the workforce these past 7 years...and very few of them have any motivation, passion or innovation potentials that they are pursuing.
Those old companies put a lot of people out to pasture and the government gives them too much to stay there.
“Those old companies put a lot of people out to pasture and the government gives them too much to stay there.”
Nobody wants to hire them; if more and more work is unskilled anyway, would you rather deal with a kid you can pay peanuts or an older worker who might have a family and/or mortgage? Heck, even a rent or car payment is more than many young people today are contending with.
I’m shocked at how many young people haven’t just given up on having a family or home of their own; many will never own a new car or even rent their own apartment. Many deserve it due to their political apathy or liberalism, but how long can they watch re-runs of 80s movies (where teenagers bought and gassed cars of their own) before they realize they’ve missed the boat?
I’ve never owned a new car (and understood I probably never would when I started a family), but I live in a home (mostly owned by the bank via mortgage, but I still have use of it) and raise my children and couldn’t imagine life any other way at this point. I don’t envy these young people; it must be grim for them.