On: Will Work for Food and Lodging

[falcolas]

Didn't apprentices' families have to pay pretty dearly to get their "food and lodging"? Also, weren't they pretty much indentured servants to their "Masters"?

Viewing history through rose tinted glasses aside, this seems like a great way to expand your knowledge. It would be great if something like this could be expanded further; institutionalized as part of the software development craft.

[gallamine → falcolas]

> weren't they pretty much indentured servants to their "Masters"?

I guess it's somewhat like the massive student loans modern students have. You couldn't pay the master what he was worth, so you paid in other ways.

[boyaka → gallamine]

And plenty of people that would otherwise be part of a family are whoring themselves out these days, probably to help with those loans and others.