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"low paid" work doesn't automatically mean things people will only do given no alternative. Plenty of people want to work in jobs like childcare, nursing, writing, farming, gardening, etc because they actually enjoy the work and find it rewarding but they can't because it doesn't pay well enough to live.

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Have you seen what childcare and nursing pay in Finland? Both require degrees, both are well-paid and secure. You may want to re-check your assumptions. :)

Well-paid? I don't think that's a general truth. Many Finns would disagree.

Indeed, competition is fierce, even with the educational requirements.

I had a rough plan of working in a daycare (päiväkoti) as a native English speaker. Sadly there are few private daycare places that hire English-speaking people, and for those that are in existance demand is so high that I had no chance.

or open-source development

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