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For long time working in the tech industry was what I _loved_, heck I made my hobby (coding) to my job, what more could one want! But 20 years later and my love

For long time working in the tech industry was what I _loved_, heck I made my hobby (coding) to my job, what more could one want! But 20 years later and my love for coding was being drained by working in the ad-tech industry or building software to have people being replaced by a computer. Thankfully stepping out of the tech industry has given meaning to what I do. I now do what I love but for something meaningful - coding for my own projects, be they good, bad or indifferent, for me they are meaningful. An no the money does not follow but I can make others smile and occasional happy with what I do. I accept that I have to make the money last and sized down: no more fancy restaurants nor expensive electric toys; instead more supermarket queues and eating at home. But life is no longer the rinse and repeat of a 9to5 office job. > Rarely does a life leave time or energy for child-rearing, a paid job and a fulfilling avocation. I could not imagine living a world where this becomes the norm. The norm should be "It's rare for a person to have a shitty job, a mortgage, student debt to pay off and no financial possibility to have children until they are 65".

orev 4y ago
>> Rarely does a life leave time or energy for child-rearing, a paid job and a fulfilling avocation. > I could not imagine living a world where this becomes the norm. The norm should be "It's rare for a person to have a shitty job, a mortgage, student debt to pay off and no financial possibility to have children until they are 65". This is the world you’re living in right now, it just sounds like you’re one of the lucky ones who doesn’t see it. For every worker who can sit home and code, there are at least hundreds of people doing menial jobs like harvesting crops, packing shipments, drilling for oil, fixing streets, etc. Most would probably describe those as “shitty jobs”, and sadly those jobs barely pay the rent.
- ChuckNorris89 4y ago
  >menial jobs like [...] drilling for oil [...] and sadly those jobs barely pay the rent Out of all the jobs you listed, drilling for oil is the one that does not fit the bill, not by a long shot. In fact, in this market, it's by far the most lucrative you could have.
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selestify 4y ago
> I could not imagine living a world where this becomes the norm. Is this not already the norm? “Norm” as in, most people in developed nations already experience this?

orev 4y ago

>> Rarely does a life leave time or energy for child-rearing, a paid job and a fulfilling avocation. > I could not imagine living a world where this becomes the norm. The norm should be "It's rare for a person to have a shitty job, a mortgage, student debt to pay off and no financial possibility to have children until they are 65". This is the world you’re living in right now, it just sounds like you’re one of the lucky ones who doesn’t see it. For every worker who can sit home and code, there are at least hundreds of people doing menial jobs like harvesting crops, packing shipments, drilling for oil, fixing streets, etc. Most would probably describe those as “shitty jobs”, and sadly those jobs barely pay the rent.

ChuckNorris89 4y ago
>menial jobs like [...] drilling for oil [...] and sadly those jobs barely pay the rent Out of all the jobs you listed, drilling for oil is the one that does not fit the bill, not by a long shot. In fact, in this market, it's by far the most lucrative you could have.
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selestify 4y ago

> I could not imagine living a world where this becomes the norm. Is this not already the norm? “Norm” as in, most people in developed nations already experience this?