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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
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I finally got into a proper career path in my 30s, and it wasn't because of my degree or my skills.
It was because I had an old friend working for that city that told them to pull my resume from the stack for a low-level position that I was way overqualified for. That got me an interview. That got me the job. I kicked ass once given an opportunity which lead to my promotion within 6 months. I quickly became known in the area and was poached by another city a little over a year after that.
Getting my resume pulled by a friend lead me to more than tripling my income within 2 years. I still don't make amazing money, but I no longer have to worry if I'll be able to pay the bills.
By explaining that you got to it thanks to nepotism, you just highlighted another failure of the system.
Yes. That's what I'm saying.