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"Screw Your Passion. Get a Job." what a title, and the same attitude throughout the article. While I'm not one of the people your post targets, I really dislike

by kbody 10y ago

"Screw Your Passion. Get a Job." what a title, and the same attitude throughout the article. While I'm not one of the people your post targets, I really dislike this kind of rhetoric. Where you have to use "strong" words to cause rumble for attention. Back to the core topic. I would argue about balance though. A lot of people are lucky to be in a position where they have that extra room. It's good to use part of that room, There are parts of the world where that room was present for a long time, and yet due to fallacy of logic and paternal traditions people were forces to a "safe" choice. Now that this room is not existent, you have the majority of people that hate their job and their "safe" choice is not safe anymore. At least with passion it would have been easier and happier even to the whole society. Suffice to say, that parents of course will try to do everything to take care of their family. No doubt about that.

drvdevd 10y ago
Admittedly I jumped straight to the comments on this one, but I have to say that I think there is a good financial, logistical incentive for following your "passion" in the modern world, because often the sort of job that you're not passionate about at all is the sort of job that doesn't pay well. Quite frankly if you want to make decent money, you will need to do something creative enough to differentiate yourself in the job market.
ageofwant 10y ago
The mystical myopic millennial trope is quite popular. It seems to me to be just a reflow of "kids these days" "Our sires' age was worse than our grandsires'. We, their sons, are more worthless than they; so in our turn we shall give the world a progeny yet more corrupt." Horace, 20BC But maybe more jaded, I also see a business owner looking to maximize profit and minimize expenses by gas-lighting a bunch of kids into shoveling shit all day for peanuts.

by kbody 10y ago

drvdevd 10y ago

Admittedly I jumped straight to the comments on this one, but I have to say that I think there is a good financial, logistical incentive for following your "passion" in the modern world, because often the sort of job that you're not passionate about at all is the sort of job that doesn't pay well. Quite frankly if you want to make decent money, you will need to do something creative enough to differentiate yourself in the job market.

ageofwant 10y ago

The mystical myopic millennial trope is quite popular. It seems to me to be just a reflow of "kids these days" "Our sires' age was worse than our grandsires'. We, their sons, are more worthless than they; so in our turn we shall give the world a progeny yet more corrupt." Horace, 20BC But maybe more jaded, I also see a business owner looking to maximize profit and minimize expenses by gas-lighting a bunch of kids into shoveling shit all day for peanuts.