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I sympathize with the term “unskilled workers”

That’s exactly who I am. I’m 20 years old, and I started working at 17 after I graduated high school. For the last 3 years I’ve exclusively worked restaurants and retail for minimum wage ($15.50 per hour in my state) and can’t see myself working any other type of job beyond that. I have no intentions of going to college, I prefer doing manual tasks over engaging with customers, don’t have a driver’s license and don’t plan on getting one. My only “marketable” skill is the art I make and sometimes sell, but I don’t expect to make a living solely off being an artist. I can see myself 20 years from now happily working at a grocery store while all my friends have careers. I AM an unskilled worker, and I don’t see “unskilled worker” as an insult. The world needs us.


That’s exactly who I am. I’m 20 years old, and I started working at 17 after I graduated high school. For the last 3 years I’ve exclusively worked restaurants and retail for minimum wage ($15.50 per hour in my state) and can’t see myself working any other type of job beyond that. I have no intentions of going to college, I prefer doing manual tasks over engaging with customers, don’t have a driver’s license and don’t plan on getting one. My only “marketable” skill is the art I make and sometimes sell, but I don’t expect to make a living solely off being an artist. I can see myself 20 years from now happily working at a grocery store while all my friends have careers. I AM an unskilled worker, and I don’t see “unskilled worker” as an insult. The world needs us.

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