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As a UX UI designer my profession is total bullshit. It would be meaningful if I were helping design educational apps for kids or information hubs to enrich the

As a UX UI designer my profession is total bullshit. It would be meaningful if I were helping design educational apps for kids or information hubs to enrich the world around me but the bulk of my work consists of helping companies sell more shit to people who don’t actually need it. SaaS, ecommerce, web, most of mobile apps - all bullshit toxic parasitic garbage that does not need to exist and yet I help drive that industry. My life has had no professional purpose to this point and if I dropped dead today the world would be non the wiser. To make up for all the bullshit I produce, I try to work as little as possible to spend as much time as possible with my family. I’ve got it down to 5 working hours a week so far and we are getting by fine. If I can get it down to 1 hour a week I will feel more satisfied.

wool_gather 8y ago
I'm very sympathetic. The project that I'm on is building software for a company that I detest. > 5 working hours a week Nice that you're able to live out your priorities! Is this contract work? That would be quite remarkable if you were a (nominally, apparently) full-time employee somewhere. Does your family have another person with income?
- mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
  Design and business consulting. I am not cheap but returns are worth it. Family has additional real estate income but we are not dependent on it.
perfunctory 8y ago
> 5 working hours a week That's quite impressive. Well done. Now I have a goal to strive for.
germinalphrase 8y ago
Do you believe this disinterest is a product of the kind of work you do? The employer? Lack of interest in the work itself? Or is it simply that you believe the work doesn’t matter?
- mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
  The work just doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things other than providing jobs for other people. But if we look at it from job creation point of view then just about anything can be viewed as valuable.
repolfx 8y ago
That's a very appropriate username you have there! :) I suspect you're just looking at greener grass on the other side of the fence. Education is riddled with nonsensical fads, people selling each other things they don't need (probably >50% of university education is like this) and so on. You just have a vague feeling that "education" is something moral and pure, whereas "mobile apps" is rubbish and doesn't need to exist. But that probably isn't true. It's just familiarity.

wool_gather 8y ago

I'm very sympathetic. The project that I'm on is building software for a company that I detest. > 5 working hours a week Nice that you're able to live out your priorities! Is this contract work? That would be quite remarkable if you were a (nominally, apparently) full-time employee somewhere. Does your family have another person with income?

mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
Design and business consulting. I am not cheap but returns are worth it. Family has additional real estate income but we are not dependent on it.

perfunctory 8y ago

> 5 working hours a week That's quite impressive. Well done. Now I have a goal to strive for.

germinalphrase 8y ago

Do you believe this disinterest is a product of the kind of work you do? The employer? Lack of interest in the work itself? Or is it simply that you believe the work doesn’t matter?

mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
The work just doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things other than providing jobs for other people. But if we look at it from job creation point of view then just about anything can be viewed as valuable.

repolfx 8y ago

That's a very appropriate username you have there! :) I suspect you're just looking at greener grass on the other side of the fence. Education is riddled with nonsensical fads, people selling each other things they don't need (probably >50% of university education is like this) and so on. You just have a vague feeling that "education" is something moral and pure, whereas "mobile apps" is rubbish and doesn't need to exist. But that probably isn't true. It's just familiarity.