So, who chooses which job I'm suited for?
Let's take the me of 10 years ago. I worked
jobs similar to the security one - but don't find
it easy to do numerous things at once. So, while
I was doing these jobs, I was rotting.
It was (and probably still is) beyond my ability to
go out and solicit businesses for contracts on
web design, something that I tried in the late
'90's. The only jobs that I could get were just
these menial positions. And even these were
rather rare, with my spotty work record. I couldn't
get hired by a fucking convenience store (why do
you think I ended up in telemarketing?).
After NOT working for a while, it became much easier
to chase things that were of some potential value.
Hell, they didn't go anywhere either (I had to work
for them after all) but at least one could CLAIM that
I was bettering myself.
Is this all just living in my experience? Well, a lot of it
is, but a lot of my friends were in similar boats. Doing
crap ass jobs that weren't really necessary (outside of
this idiotic self-validation idea - and it sure the hell wasn't
validating them).
Many of these jobs have little or no value
to the companies which pay for them - the ONLY reason
that such positions exist is because labor is so fucking cheap.
You institute your ideals in anything like a free market - paying
out living wages to all, for example, and you're dooming these
very positions which you think so important to oblivion.