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Small-Scale Question Sunday for February 16, 2025

Do you have a dumb question that you're kind of embarrassed to ask in the main thread? Is there something you're just not sure about?

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I'm assuming you're saying without special unique credentials, not without any credentials or ordinary education.

The answer is to work for government or other very large organizations and be willing to work below your true talent level. If you're a lawyer with a hypothetical true talent level of $400k/yr, and you're willing to take a secure job making $130k/yr that only requires half as much effort, those jobs are available. Ditto engineers, etc at different price points.