I worked pointless jobs doing mind numbing work so I’d have the experience to be interesting when a worthwhile job came along. I now build comment sections for

I worked pointless jobs doing mind numbing work so I’d have the experience to be interesting when a worthwhile job came along. I now build comment sections for news sites that help improve conversation and foster positive community. We’re open source and we share our learnings with the world. The pay is great and the culture is chill and supportive. You often have to do the crap work to get to the good work. Life is like that, to get the gold inside the temple, you have to wade through the swamp. That being said, I had my doubts all along the way. At one point I considered just joining the army because “what is even the point?” I felt very disillusioned. I stuck with it and a decade later I’m here doing good work that I care about. This is why you hear so much about discipline, commitment, and drive in all the motivation speeches. Persistence is almost everything.