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Before working in high-tech, I worked in retail for a short while. My experience is in retail or other lower-paid jobs it's almost impossible to save money, and
by ricardobayes 4y ago
Before working in high-tech, I worked in retail for a short while.
My experience is in retail or other lower-paid jobs it's almost impossible to save money, and not because of the salary.
I found I needed to 'reward' myself almost everyday with a relatively expensive thing to keep going. An expensive coffee, 'fancy' meal (think more expensive than the 3.50 sandwich+drink combo I could afford).
Interestingly, working in tech, I never needed any of this.
- cs137 4y agoThe system is designed that way. Will power is a finite resource, and people get pummeled so hard at work, their need to execute what tiny bit of freedom they can scrape off the world results in their eating a tasty but unhealthy lunch at a chain restaurant to "treat themselves". Our whole society wouldn't function if people weren't exhausted to the point where their brains malfunction and they make bad choices. Wait till they bring Jira and Agile to your tech job, though. You'll find yourself "needing" expensive toys again.
- ricardobayes 4y agoOh they have, and to top if off, we have a daily 'standup' for about 1.5-2 hours (yep) every day. Still, since I'm in the comfort of my home, and my work is relatively well interfaced meaning I only need to really speak to the backend and product people, the mental drain is so much less compared to the brutality of engaging with the general public.