• @CabrioOP
      link
      351 year ago

      Thankfully I live in a country with social safety nets and universal healthcare.

        • @uis
          link
          21 year ago

          In some countries *cough* post-Soviet *cough* being pro-social is conservative. Sadly, most of those countries got their Putin.

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          131 year ago

          There are people that choose to be homeless but there are countries where you have the right not to be homeless. In the country I live in (in central Europe) you can literally go to a facility that will give you a place to sleep and some food.

          Also, to become homeless as a person that once worked is not that easy, you would have to deny multiple job offers (the state will go job hunting for you and present you with a few options). During that time you would still get unemployment money.

          • CyclohexaneM
            link
            fedilink
            -41 year ago

            I mean many US States or regions are not that much different. There’s homeless shelters, and the state helps you find a job.

        • @CabrioOP
          link
          2
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          I currently live in Australia where with a 2 year trade cert your minimum wage goes up from $16 to $28, and I receive a fortnightly payment from the government that has just gone up to $917 with rent assistance while I’m looking for work, my only obligations are regular meetings with an employment services provider and recorded proof that I’m applying for 20 appropriate jobs a month. For comparison a full time job here can be expected to pay a minimum of about 52k a year.

          While unemployed I also receive concession on public health services, discounts for pharmaceuticals, and various other social services.

          Once I start work I can continue claiming payments up to the value of $1000 to assist with transitional costs, as well as being provided a stipend for new uniforms or equipment costs.

    • BrutalPoseidon
      link
      351 year ago

      With a caveat that you should speak German otherwise you’re locked out of over 60% of positions. At least that has been my experience.

    • @CabrioOP
      link
      171 year ago

      My skills are a decade or so out of date. I’ve been relegated to “that computer guy” duties for family and friends.

  • mommykink
    link
    291 year ago

    One of the weirdest career arcs of all time

    Also

    become taxi driver

    befriend underage prostitute

    kill her pimp

    kill her pimp?

    become hero of the city!

    • @CabrioOP
      link
      31 year ago

      Unemployment hit record lows.

      • The Spectre
        link
        fedilink
        31 year ago

        Oh, got it. People are juggling in between a plethora of low-paying jobs.

        • @CabrioOP
          link
          1
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          More temporary rather than low paying, we get decent wages here. Effectively the same problem though.

  • @uis
    link
    11 year ago

    It’s kinda sad. Low unemployment means bad efficiency and living conditions will be worse over all.

  • @ShittyRedditWasBetter
    link
    -14
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    You are a fucking moron if you can’t find a 100k software dev job in the states after a year or two. And you’ll be paid more then any other country here as well .

    • @CabrioOP
      link
      111 year ago

      Why would I move to the third world for a job with no job security?

      • @ShittyRedditWasBetter
        link
        -91 year ago

        You sound like you are doing fantastic where ever you are now.

        But okay, you can pretend like living on 100k a year (at the low end) in the US is"they’d world".

        You people pathetically ignore reality and it shows with dumb shit like this. Outside of ownership being a software dev in the US is the shit dreams are made of.

        • @CabrioOP
          link
          5
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          I’d rather be unemployed here than earn $200k in the U.S.

          I prefer having human rights, universal healthcare, actual functioning representative democracy, extensive workers rights, functioning social services, mass transport, better education, drinkable tap water anywhere in the country, better food safety regulation, better health and safety regulation, no school shootings, etc. No, the things I like are bought with blood, not money, but thanks for the offer.

          They call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.

          • @regbin_
            link
            English
            -31 year ago

            Why can’t you get a decent job as a software developer? AFAIK there should be plenty of openings in most countries.