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The purpose of my job is to make me money. I make money by doing things that my company thinks is productive. Today I helped write some internal APIs. Last week
by theshadowknows 8y ago
The purpose of my job is to make me money. I make money by doing things that my company thinks is productive. Today I helped write some internal APIs. Last week I worked with legal on some stuff. Building “sexy” web applications or “disrupting industries” is great. But I can’t pay my rent or go to the movies because I shifted some paradigms. The purpose of my job is to make me money, regardless of what the job is.
- cup-of-tea 8y agoBut do you think they are productive? That is the key. There are many things my company thinks is productive but I think they are a waste of my life. Feeling good about "making money" isn't something that lasts. Eventually it's just that thing you have to do to maintain your completely normal lifestyle that you now take for granted. At that point you'd better hope the thing has more meaning than just "making money".
- pqs 8y agoIt is productive if it feeds and shelters your family. I once made peace with this and now I'm happier.
- phito 8y agoIf your only goal is just to make money for yourself, then you're a part of this "work bullshit" problem.
- kup0 8y agoYeah, but I don't really have the time or the freedom to care about whether or not I am part of the problem. At the end of the day, I need to live, and everything else takes a back seat to that.
- olleromam91 8y agoHow absurd. How dare you.
- sandoze 8y agoThat’s where you’d be wrong and I think the book agrees, it’s not bullshit if you don’t think it is. The job provides value that it feeds the family and kids. It may not be a value to the company or “the greater good” but it does provide meaning to the person doing it.
- cup-of-tea 8y agoYou could feed your family by cleaning toilets. Surely you care about more than that?