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I'd wager most of them

jacquesm 6y ago
Whether they'd be willing or not is another matter. I know a few though, people that have very high levels of secondary education working trades or other simple jobs because it keeps their stress levels down.
- non-entity 6y ago
  Yeah thats probably true. There are a few I'd certainly consider picking up if not only so I could manage to do work myself as opposed to hiring someone else.
- fortran77 6y ago
  > working trades or other simple jobs because it keeps their stress levels down. Yes! People take "simple jobs" like hauling trash or cleaning sewers or welding pipes because it's stress free! Unlike those high-stress jobs at Facebook where you take the free party bus to the office, get free food, drink, gym, yoga, and massages, and even have internal message boards where you're encouraged to post about how horrible you're being treated. So stressful! I bet all of those 10xers at the FAANGS wish they could be maintenance workers.
  - asldkjaslkdj 6y ago
    You're cherry picking examples to suit your narrative. For every person working at a FAANG you can probably find 1,000 working in a place with the same shitty working conditions most people are subjected to. As a counter example cops can make $200k a year doing detail work (standing around) and retire with a pension after 20 years. There are similar situations (with lesser pay) for a lot of city and state level civil service. There are shit jobs that will wear you down in every field. They're the jobs most people are working.
  - JMTQp8lwXL 6y ago
    I work for a tech company and I get no free food, no free drinks, we have gym membership partnership that basically is the retail cost of any generic gym membership (so it offers no real benefit), no free yoga, and no free massages.
    - 908B64B197 6y ago
      Time to interview somewhere else!
  - jacquesm 6y ago
    No, more like a psychologist that decided to work metal for an antique car restorer, a history teacher that went to work in a store and many more examples like that.

Whether they'd be willing or not is another matter. I know a few though, people that have very high levels of secondary education working trades or other simple jobs because it keeps their stress levels down.

non-entity 6y ago
Yeah thats probably true. There are a few I'd certainly consider picking up if not only so I could manage to do work myself as opposed to hiring someone else.
fortran77 6y ago
> working trades or other simple jobs because it keeps their stress levels down. Yes! People take "simple jobs" like hauling trash or cleaning sewers or welding pipes because it's stress free! Unlike those high-stress jobs at Facebook where you take the free party bus to the office, get free food, drink, gym, yoga, and massages, and even have internal message boards where you're encouraged to post about how horrible you're being treated. So stressful! I bet all of those 10xers at the FAANGS wish they could be maintenance workers.
- asldkjaslkdj 6y ago
  You're cherry picking examples to suit your narrative. For every person working at a FAANG you can probably find 1,000 working in a place with the same shitty working conditions most people are subjected to. As a counter example cops can make $200k a year doing detail work (standing around) and retire with a pension after 20 years. There are similar situations (with lesser pay) for a lot of city and state level civil service. There are shit jobs that will wear you down in every field. They're the jobs most people are working.
- JMTQp8lwXL 6y ago
  I work for a tech company and I get no free food, no free drinks, we have gym membership partnership that basically is the retail cost of any generic gym membership (so it offers no real benefit), no free yoga, and no free massages.
  - 908B64B197 6y ago
    Time to interview somewhere else!
- jacquesm 6y ago
  No, more like a psychologist that decided to work metal for an antique car restorer, a history teacher that went to work in a store and many more examples like that.