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202 sats \ 1 reply \ @nullcount 31 Aug \ parent \ on: Should we be trying harder to increase Bitcoin's usage via the <18 crowd? bitcoin
I don't think jobs are the problem. A rebranding to "microjob" seems pointless. Parents can pay for chores, but honestly, I think paid chores only sustains the dependency problem.
Real jobs exist already, I saw a couple of 16yo kids mowing lawns this weekend. Respect the hustle, they could probably make more than their school teacher's salary in one summer if they had enough clients.
There's also more opportunity than ever to be entrepreneurial, leveraging online to find a market for your hobbies. Maybe kids are moving towards this form of "employment" and it just doesn't show up in the jobs data yet.
More likely, I think kids are delaying work because they have parents who are overly eager to support them well into their 30's.
It seems like you think you're arguing against me, but you're saying the same thing I'm getting at - entrepreneurialism.
Getting paid to put out a lazy/forgetful adult's dumpster every week or general cleanup (as in construction sites, "janitorial" work, etc) is just as entrepreneurial as mowing lawns. Kids have to start somewhere since they have no skills. They could just as easily expand on those skills as @Scoresby lays out here: #1197575, including within their own friend groups.
Also, there is no rebranding. "Microjobs" is just a word to mean "smaller jobs". You'll never get a concrete company to repair a tiny portion of a driveway/sidewalk just as you'll often not find a landscaping company to mow a 1/2 acre lot twice per month without significant costs, but a skilled young person who understands Bitcoin has a better chance of being called upon.
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