{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "You know what figure I haven't heard about much lately? The office temp\nThat was one of the figures of early-90s precarity (also...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/189182999838/", "html": "<p>You know what figure I haven&rsquo;t heard about much lately? The office <i>temp</i></p><p>That was one of the figures of early-90s precarity (also the <i>downtown bike messenger</i>), that was what you did as a creative classling newly arrived to the city, they wouldn&rsquo;t expect you to profess a passion for whatever widgets, it would be &ldquo;yes I am willing to do Business for money&rdquo; and they&rsquo;d give you some business, and some money for it</p><p>And if you were gonna not make it and offramp to a Business career it&rsquo;d give you ins, but as an alternative to barista\u2026ing it&rsquo;d be something you could do while you broke in</p><p>Kinda got displaced by the figure of the <i>intern</i> then the <i>freelancer</i></p>"}