Ever seen someone doing their “unskilled job” all their life? It’s just fucking magic!

The truth is that capitalists hate skilled workers, because those workers have bargaining power. This is why they love the sort of automation which completely removes workers or thought from the equation, even if the ultimate solution is multiple times more expensive or less competent than before.

Nothing is more infuriating to a boss, than a worker that can talk back with experience.

  • bitfucker@programming.devEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Then I suggest using the word more valuable skill than being more skilled. More valuable skill since it implies rarity and not some sort of hierarchy. That’s my take anyways from the word “some jobs require more skill”.

      • bitfucker@programming.devEnglish
        112·
        6 months ago

        Well, yeah. I guess it is because I am often jumping fields because otherwise it can get confusing when switching context (I am a mechatronics engineer, so a blend of mechanical, electrical, control system, and programming)

              • bitfucker@programming.devEnglish
                18·
                6 months ago

                From my understanding, pedantic is a pedant, which itself means “a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules”. And aren’t we debating the usage of words unskilled from the post? I agree that “unskilled” is inappropriate since it implies it doesn’t require any skill at all. There are always skills involved. I also disagree if we call one job requires “more” skill than another. “More” implies that skills are hierarchial (at least to my understanding, because you can have more or less amount of something) whereas I think it is not. I think a skill is a skill, and what makes them distinct is how rare a skill is. Rarity however, doesn’t imply having “more” skill. A person can be MORE SKILLED IN THE SAME SKILL. Not across different skill. Hence why I said surgery doesn’t require MORE skill than burger flipping. They are distinct skill. If surgery requires MORE skill than burger flipping, then if a person is a good surgeon, he is a good burger flipper.

                  • bitfucker@programming.devEnglish
                    16·
                    6 months ago

                    Being wrong about being a pedant or on opinion? Also, the reply doesn’t specify any correction, just stating that I don’t know what being pedantic and unskilled is. And I do admit I am being pedantic from my understanding of pedantic, hence the current discussion. I do love to argue for the sake of arguing. I can learn a lot from arguing. So if people would like to debate me, feel free to do so. Please state what about my statement that is wrong?

                • areyouevenreal@lemm.eeEnglish
                  2·
                  6 months ago

                  My dude it’s not about rarity. It’s about how long it takes to acquire a skill, and what kind of aptitude you need to have, and how difficult it is. Also one person can have more skills total than another. You can’t say that learning to flip burgers is as difficult and time consuming as learning how to do brain surgery. Are you nuts?

                  • bitfucker@programming.devEnglish
                    11·
                    6 months ago

                    Yes, a person can have skill in both surgery and cooking. I do not dispute that. Even surgery is too broad as it contains a more specific skill set. But you cannot say that a surgeon is more skilled than a burger flipper. Then how about a surgeon and software engineer? Which one is more skilled? I hope you get my point this time