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But then why would anyone do a hard or dangerous job? (That's not to suggest that software engineering is hard or dangerous.)
by creata 6y ago
But then why would anyone do a hard or dangerous job?
(That's not to suggest that software engineering is hard or dangerous.)
- blunte 6y agoPeople do all kinds of things we might think is nuts, for reasons often unknown to anyone. But true, some jobs are so crazy that nobody in their right mind would do them. But hey, there still may be people in a different mind who would. Paul Graham once explained the power of prestige - http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html . I daresay some people would do hard or dangerous jobs primarily because of the prestige of being known to do them. And as for "dirty jobs", equal wages doesn't mean that everyone has a choice in which jobs they are capable of doing (or which jobs are locally accessible).