In many jobs there's no growth to be had. Sure, here on HN, the average person is a programmer or sysadmin, and there you very much can have growth. Learning n

In many jobs there's no growth to be had. Sure, here on HN, the average person is a programmer or sysadmin, and there you very much can have growth. Learning new languages and technologies, getting to work with high end equipment, etc. But exactly what growth can an Amazon warehouse worker expect? Your job is to take things and put them in a box. There's no advanced techniques, no special knowledge, no skill to be obtained besides learning to perform the same movements better than you did your first week, and which are useful nowhere else.