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> As a German, I'm dying to hear more about these 15-18 year olds illegally employed in finance! Shouldn't they be finishing high school (18) or Abitur (19)? I'm not kidding, please tell me more about these 15 year olds employed in finance, in particular!

It seems that you are oddly unfamiliar with the German apprenticeship system, for a German. Nothing illegal here: https://www.sparkasse.de/karriere/schueler-und-schulabgaenge...

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I'm familiar with the apprenticeship system of course, but AFAIK 15-18 year olds must still attend normal school 5 days a week- that doesn't equate to normal employment, right? At the very least it seems to not have anything to do with the degree vs no-degree argument.

Actually I just looked it up and found that you can legally start working from age 13 in some circumstances! :O

The exact schedules will vary, but typically they'll have full days of either school or work. They're definitely employed and work there. Those are real jobs, even if they're not full-time. Not all adults work full-time either.

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