Millenial men from 25-34 are less likely to work than before.

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All bullshyt aside, I don't know what to tell my young brehs. shyt is harder than when I went to college in 2003. I managed to get an engineering degree but nowadays I wouldn't have even gotten into the school I did.

I got younger cousins just sitting at home or going to a low tier school accruing debt with no real plan for gainful employment. I try to give guidance where I can but shyt, I'm still grinding myself.
 

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That article is assuming jobs are hiring black males. There is a lot of implicit bias in the hiring process that goes against black men. Regardless if you are highly trained, educated, or have the experience.

Hearing "We've decided to pursue candidates who match our needs more closely" for a position you are qualified for and check online that cac with no degree took the same spot is soul-crushing.
 

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It's not about emasculating men. From birth boys were told they can be whatever they want and given carte blanche on life in general. Girls on the other had were told that's not for girls/women and were geared toward "traditional female occupations" like teachers, social workers and nurses etc. Over the last few decades there has been lots things geared toward girls/women choosing other career paths to even things out. For example, there a lot of things STEM related being geared towards girls because STEM is or was mostly male dominated.

This issue is more of a lack of education than anything. Times are changing, factory/skilled labor jobs are far a few between making competition for those jobs extremely high. Uneducated men have relied on those skilled jobs to feed their families and make a living for decades because they required little to no education and paid them well. Now that those jobs are being replaced by machines and or evaporating all together, those men don't have any viable options. Men are still more prominent in higher ranking positions than women but those positions often require getting an education.

Bullshyt.
 

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Lot of dudes got no ambition. They find a nice, safe lifestyle and just replicate it daily. Maybe they get some shytty job just to pay for their videogames, then come home and play games all night. Some dudes do nothing. Gaming and the internet have really given people the ability to live vicariously through an internet persona and never be challenged. For all the nerds who make good money, there are probably 5 who are broke and use their money exclusively for fast food and gaming shyt.


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Yeah, I'm a software engineer myself. But I'm not counting on it long term. I'm only using the job to get me my investments.

There's a lot of code out there that compiles to other code / generates code outside of generics as well. If it gets extreme only the best and brightest will be around to maintain it.

So who really knows. However, tech sales folks are living right now. My brother got into this recently and dude is banking. One of his friends who got into it made $45k in May, $30k in April and $35k in March :wow: this year on top of his base pay which I think is $70k per year.

What I'm doing is saving all the money I'm earning and keeping my expenses low. No car payment, no/minimal luxury monthly expenses,I learned how to cook, fix my car and do maintenance work on my place myself, I live nearby work so gas prices don't worry me, etc. Everything I have is paid for so no interest rates where I'm giving away free money. Then I could live a life on real estate investments and not work another single day. If I keep the pace I'm on, I'll get there in about 3-5 years from now.

Brehs need to be smart with their money, I know some cats who got a raise and they bought new Audi's and other luxury cars. Just because you can afford it doesn't mean you should spend it.

Remember, the more money you spend, the more you need your job. A lot of young folks are starting to get hip to this.
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Post reminds me of some of the game @Originalman drops :wow:
 
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