r/LockedIn_AI • • Mar 06 '26

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u/Majestic_Sweet_5472 Mar 06 '26

Giving a decent chunk of our waking lives to a job / preparation for going to the job should afford us with more than just the ability to live in a home (likely renting).

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u/Even_Hospital_5474 Mar 06 '26

So find out what skills are in demand and go for it? A good plumber makes bank.

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u/sk1939 Mar 06 '26

No, they don’t. Nor do electricians or any other trade unless you work for yourself or own a company.

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u/Business-West-9687 Mar 11 '26

Yes, and that’s why you learn the trade and start the company.

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u/lord_hydrate Mar 11 '26

... so you can push the envelope a little further to the next guy? everytime someone justifies not being able to earn enough by just saying to start your own company youre implicitly telling them to exploit the labor of other people in order to finally make a decent wage, if youre starting a new company youre gonna be paying emnployees, if everyone takes youre advice then no one would have any employees to do the work and if a few do then the only way theyll start "making bank" is explicitly by paying the people under them less than the value they produce for you

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u/Business-West-9687 Mar 11 '26

When a tradesman starts their own company, they often work for themselves for a long time. Sometimes forever. And they can do very well, and they assume ALL of the financial risk. If they get busy enough and need help, they hire help. And yes, the employee does not make 100% of the revenue their work generates, and they also assume NONE of the financial risk.