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The most fun job I ever had was at a shitty nightclub over summers in-between uni. The pay was crap, and hours were 9pm to 5am, but I loved the people I worked

The most fun job I ever had was at a shitty nightclub over summers in-between uni. The pay was crap, and hours were 9pm to 5am, but I loved the people I worked with, and the physical/manual labour was more satisfying than cranking out some requirements for an app noone cares about. Back in my single days, I actually applied to do some warehouse work outside of my 9-5 programming day job 'cos I found it so boring and unsatisfying. (Turns out you're not allowed to work so many hours for health and safety reasons) I don't mind coding for a living - it's easy: I sit at a desk and browse the internet for most part, but it's hardly the peak of job satisfaction. I think if I was mad rich, I wouldn't mind doing something poorly paid but outdoorsy and invigorating.

thatwebdude 9y ago
> I sit at a desk and browse the internet for most part, but it's hardly the peak of job satisfaction. Oh, good. I thought I was alone. Or undervalued.
tdb7893 9y ago
I've found that a job that isn't too stressful and is working with cool people is the best. Social interaction is important (at least to me) and it seems to affect how much I lime a job a lot
- mabbo 9y ago
  Depends on the person. I left one job last year and started a new one and find that I'm not stressed enough, perhaps. I could spend a full day doing nothing but screwing around on the internet and no one would notice. If I did a graph of the number of posts I've made on HN per day since switching jobs the trend would be quite noticeable.
VLM 9y ago
Aside from mad rich, how about basic income? Everyone has some employer in their past they loved but having to borrow money from dad to fix my car was so not cool. If I could feed my family and provide medical coverage using a basic income maybe I'd go back to "cool employer" lifestyle. My kids are moving out "soon" and I won't need the expensive house in the best school district anymore, I wonder how many people would downgrade life a bit with a basic income. I won't need the best school district for 4, I'll just need somewhere safe for 2, probably much cheaper. I get it that a BI means poor people get to eat, and thats very nice, but it also means something to me too, which would probably be a purely fun job.
- mch82 9y ago
  ...or the open source projects developers might suddenly have time to support

thatwebdude 9y ago

> I sit at a desk and browse the internet for most part, but it's hardly the peak of job satisfaction. Oh, good. I thought I was alone. Or undervalued.

tdb7893 9y ago

I've found that a job that isn't too stressful and is working with cool people is the best. Social interaction is important (at least to me) and it seems to affect how much I lime a job a lot

mabbo 9y ago
Depends on the person. I left one job last year and started a new one and find that I'm not stressed enough, perhaps. I could spend a full day doing nothing but screwing around on the internet and no one would notice. If I did a graph of the number of posts I've made on HN per day since switching jobs the trend would be quite noticeable.

VLM 9y ago

Aside from mad rich, how about basic income? Everyone has some employer in their past they loved but having to borrow money from dad to fix my car was so not cool. If I could feed my family and provide medical coverage using a basic income maybe I'd go back to "cool employer" lifestyle. My kids are moving out "soon" and I won't need the expensive house in the best school district anymore, I wonder how many people would downgrade life a bit with a basic income. I won't need the best school district for 4, I'll just need somewhere safe for 2, probably much cheaper. I get it that a BI means poor people get to eat, and thats very nice, but it also means something to me too, which would probably be a purely fun job.

mch82 9y ago
...or the open source projects developers might suddenly have time to support