Spyke
Cabrioreply
lemmy.world

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

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uisreply
lemmy.world

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

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Flumsyreply
feddit.de

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.

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

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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.

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feddit.de

You're a software developer? Come to Germany, we need you! (not sponsored by german govt)

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lemmy.world

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.

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Johannoreply
feddit.de

Well you should just speak a little bit German that should be enough for another 30%

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Cabrioreply
lemmy.world

My skills are a decade or so out of date.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

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It ain’t much, but servicing fax machines is honest work…

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WHAT? This is so random? Pinkie Pie, is that you?

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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!

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Spectrereply
lemmy.ml

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

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

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

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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 .

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Cabrioreply
lemmy.world

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

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lemmy.world

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.

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Cabrioreply
lemmy.world

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.

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

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