Originally Posted by
rickair7777
It's not the legacy schedules as much as the pain to get there... word got out over the last couple decades and scared a lot of folks away.
In truth, it's also a generational issue... with a little effort and dues paying, you can get an excellent life-time job by age 30 with pay and schedules which are not really available in any other career field at that age. Have good QOL and make many millions, or FIRE by age 45-ish, your choice.
But many youth don't like the drug-free aspect, and they also don't like the fact that you have to do work sometimes, and you can't always call out when you don't feel like working. For some it's just easier to hang out and game in Mom's basement, work when you want to, and get a new low-end job every time they fire you for too many no-shows.
So many of the younger generation expect to make it without doing that much work. They see a few people become famous on Instagram or TikTok and YouTube and think, “I can do that for easy money.” Sure technology has allowed newer opportunities for income streams compared to when many of us were growing up. We didn’t have much of this new-fangled internets thing. I’m sure it’s just a fad. But as long as it’s here, there will be more and more who are attracted to the nomadic and unstructured lifestyle these jobs bring. Travel the country in a tiny home or RV and document it for YouTube? Get enough followers and you’re getting $4-5,000 per month. Put clips you find of the internet together and post every day (Daily Dose of Internet) and income could be much higher. There are several well-known younger airline travel bloggers who all they do is travel the world on airplanes with status, usually in first class, and access airline lounges all to post reviews on YouTube while having sponsors for their videos.
Quick and easy money vs. how we got here.