“Y2K programmer. There were people who would travel to different companies and rework all of their software so that they would still work after January 1, 2000. They did a great job and hopefully made a great deal of money, but after that, they had to go back to regular programming.”
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Virdie 1 month ago
#4 Paper delivery is still around. My town has them.
#8 home delivery dry cleaning would be a great no-contact business, but people didn't need fancy clean clothes if they didn't have to go to the office, so the business just changed. Dry cleaners exist.
#14 Changing toast gender neutral name and paying them a real wage has created the new job of "personal assistant", where you can abuse a professional with personal stuff, not just business stuff, it's gross.
#8 home delivery dry cleaning would be a great no-contact business, but people didn't need fancy clean clothes if they didn't have to go to the office, so the business just changed. Dry cleaners exist.
#14 Changing toast gender neutral name and paying them a real wage has created the new job of "personal assistant", where you can abuse a professional with personal stuff, not just business stuff, it's gross.
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Nibby 1 month ago
#4 My paperboy drives a loud scooter. Can't use him as alarmclock though. Some days the paper comes at 6:30, some days at 10.
#8 home delivery dry cleaning would be a great no-contact business, but people didn't need fancy clean clothes if they didn't have to go to the office, so the business just changed. Dry cleaners exist.
#14 Changing toast gender neutral name and paying them a real wage has created the new job of "personal assistant", where you can abuse a professional with personal stuff, not just business stuff, it's gross.