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Yeah, as a white-collar I sometimes wish I had a job like that, doing welding or similar. Not that I don't like my job, but doing straightforward physical work
by jolmg 7y ago
Yeah, as a white-collar I sometimes wish I had a job like that, doing welding or similar. Not that I don't like my job, but doing straightforward physical work like you describe sounds nice.
- arbol 7y agoI think physical is the key point here. Physical activity creates endorphins which make us happier. The current state of office jobs is resulting in chronically sedentary people who don't benefit from this.
- jolmg 7y agoWell, it being physical is certainly part of it, but it's not all. There's also the point that most of the time, it's predictable. For example, you come in and you have to weld up a particular structure. I think one would be able to foresee how the whole thing is going to go down, including details, and how long it's going to take. Compare that to coming in and having to figure out some bugs on a software system. It's investigative work. You might figure them all out in an hour or you might get stuck in the first one for the whole day. You might end up staring into space wondering for who knows how long what kind of detail you're missing that would explain the behavior you're seeing. You have no idea how your day is going to pan out, and that is kind of fatiguing and/or stressful. There is no certainty in how much progress you'll make.