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Yeah, sort of, but I feel like this is because most people don't really understand it's not exactly the same thing as sitting around surfing the web. Obviously
by np- 5y ago
Yeah, sort of, but I feel like this is because most people don't really understand it's not exactly the same thing as sitting around surfing the web. Obviously this isn't a physically challenging job, but it is a mentally challenging job (and the brain is a physical organ too, remember simple physics conservation principles--none of your thoughts come for free, they all cost energy, and complex thoughts take massive energy!). That drains you in an entirely different way.
I would almost argue that having a physically tough day makes me feel sore and tired, but _accomplished_ at the end of the day. Having a mentally tough day doesn't confer any sort of sense of accomplishment, it's just a draining feeling.
Also consider the "happy" ending to Office Space--the protagonist ended up much more satisfied doing a physical construction job in the end.
- IAmWorried 5y agoI think it's worth mentioning the alternate ending from Office Space, thought it was hilariously ironic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK43Ureuiqc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK43Ureuiqc The point is that no matter what you are doing there will be bosses you hate and annoying parts of the job.
- nefitty 5y agoWow. That was much darker than I expected. That ending probably would have made my generation several notches more cynical. Throughout my career, the original ending has literally sustained my hope in the face of soul crushing office work.
- wonderwonder 5y agoyeah, I did not know that existed and kind of wish I had never seen it.
- ryandrake 5y agoI agree, tech jobs wear down the brain, but at 45 with a body that is falling apart, I thank my lucky stars that my brain still works. I spent a summer hauling bags of shingles up onto a roof in 105F temperatures and that brief experience talked me into going to university and taking the “office job” track.