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I echo this sentiment. My "real life" has improved massively because of the fact that I work in technology. Money can't solve all your problems but there is a c
by noufalibrahim 4y ago
I echo this sentiment. My "real life" has improved massively because of the fact that I work in technology. Money can't solve all your problems but there is a class of important problems that only money can solve effectively and tech. is a good way of making that money. I'm extremely grateful for this and wouldn't diss it.
On a more general level, the stress of working on multiple projects, dealing with different kinds of people, managing a team etc. all take their toll on a person but what kind of job doesn't? There's some amount of sacrifice that is necessary for any worthwhile endeavour. The trick is learning to manage it effectively.
A personal lesson I've learnt over the covid years is that being able to compartmentalise (or sometimes integrate) these different aspects of ones life effectively and not let one affect the others is a skill that's as vital as it's neglected. Dragging the doom and gloom of an extremely unpleasant client interaction back home to ones family is not acceptable. Physical barriers between different compartments of ones life are easy to build. Mental and emotional ones are harder but are equally if not more important. Nuclear fallout in one compartment shouldn't affect the flowers growing in another.
- logical_ferry 4y agoOnce you realize work is work and not some romantic endeavour, then things become easier. All I read from this guy's post is a lot of bitching about how the work he has to do is meaningless and hard and it is just getting in the way of his hobbies. I once read a good line: Be thankful for all the problems out there otherwise you would be out of a job. This guy is lucky he had the money to buy his way out of this situation. If he was forced to stay he would have found a way to cope and everything would have ended ok.
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- noufalibrahim 4y ago> I once read a good line: Be thankful for all the problems out there otherwise you would be out of a job. I do consulting work these days. "a problem is an opportunity is disguise" is a mantra that has, on countless occasions, proven to be true. Increased billing, newer projects and opportunities. All of them first appear as problems. Over time, my reflexive anxiety at seeing a problem has been replaced by a joyful optimism. It just smells different now.
- germinalphrase 4y agoThank you for the sentiment. As I leave education to begin a career reboot (toward PM, hopefully), it’s a helpful reminder.
- viciousplant 4y agopeople wear different shoes, there is simply no single truth. What's the difference between your gratitude for problems / inspiring thankfulness and this guy's "bitching", when you think your reality is 'the' right one? I wish you all good luck in your rest life stranger.
- logical_ferry 4y agoMy truth is that this guy is bitching. That's it. No point in being nice to everyone about everything.
- barrysteve 4y agoAll work and no play makes jack a dull boy... so he quits. You shouldn't have to buy yourself out of slavery if the situation could be solved with thursday afternoons at home. People are sensing a coming economic collapse and are clamping down on employee's lives and the employees leave, which makes the management clamp down even harder on the next guy for fear of a collapse and the cycle brings about what they are trying to avoid. Just give people time off to be homo sapiens and you might have employees you can call on when things get really bad.