What are some modern bullshit jobs?

tjarod11@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 129 points –

Jobs that either don't contribute in any meaningful way or jobs where one would be better off if they were paid to be on call.

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Flash traders.

They abuse the technologies used by the stockmarket to buy and sell within milliseconds, so they can make a profit. They add absolutely nothing of value to the system, yet leech both money and talented employees from the market.

God I wish they would tax trades. Not even much. Like 1,000 trades for a dollar or something. Just to stop that type of fuckery.

Not at all. They are the ones who make markets efficient. Although I would consider frontrunning retail using private order flow data is bullshit.

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