Back in the good old days, lucrative jobs were just sitting around on the sidewalk waiting to be picked up.

This is how my grandfather became an oral surgeon, except instead of a bottle it was a tooth and instead of a handshake it was a sharp left to the ribs

Real

See. See how hard it was for us?!

They then proceeded to buy a house using only a toothpick, some pocket lint, and a stick of gum.

Good shit lol

I genuinely got a job like this in 2010. I was made redundant after 30+ years in first newspaper, and then the computer side of Newspapers when it first started. Could not get a job as I was too old, being nearly 50. I did an aged care course at a training place, saw the boss emptying bins and said, "If you need someone to do that" Ended up being a cleaner, IT guy, part-time trainer and running a Work for the Dole scheme for them, all at the same time while doing disability support as well.

Can confirm. This is my Dad's life story.

Pretty much.

And as his first action he will fire the company and replace with ai

Now he's trapped until he finds a good handshake to take his place.