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A lot of people have a goal to minimize work and maximize income, and for those people, no matter what flexibility they are given, they will continue to minimiz

by ITB 4y ago

A lot of people have a goal to minimize work and maximize income, and for those people, no matter what flexibility they are given, they will continue to minimize productive work. It’s sad in my opinion, and it leads to hedonic pursuits instead of the intrinsic satisfaction that comes from doing good work. But for too many people work is about man vs “the man”, instead of our individual quest to do something interesting.

throwaway675309 4y ago
Why does it inherently lead to hedonistic pursuits, that's a bit of an oversimplification. Minimizing work and maximizing income (aka minmaxing) is what you should do as the employee in the equation, just as the employer will try their best to set up a contract where and they maximize your work while minimizing your income, to do otherwise is just blind naïveté. And for some of us less hours spent on the job means more hours we can spend on the cultivation of hobbies, physical health and overall improving ourselves. Working as a software engineer is but a small facet of who I am.
arcturus17 4y ago
A lot of businesses have a goal to maximize work and minimize wages, and for those businesses…
toomuchtodo 4y ago
“Darling I told you several times before. I have no dream job, I do not dream of labor." — James Baldwin Not everyone wants interesting work. That’s just a hobby you get paid for.
vsareto 4y ago
It's hard for a stoic mindset to pave over the fact that you're only working a job because you have to. You'd see less of that if we have a society that gives a decent standard of living without having to work (ever), but even then, there will always be people looking to game any system for the thrill of it. That's the intrinsic satisfaction they get.
marcosdumay 4y ago
If you keep people stressed, they become useless. Stressed people get no intrinsic satisfaction from working, or almost anything really.

by ITB 4y ago

throwaway675309 4y ago

Why does it inherently lead to hedonistic pursuits, that's a bit of an oversimplification. Minimizing work and maximizing income (aka minmaxing) is what you should do as the employee in the equation, just as the employer will try their best to set up a contract where and they maximize your work while minimizing your income, to do otherwise is just blind naïveté. And for some of us less hours spent on the job means more hours we can spend on the cultivation of hobbies, physical health and overall improving ourselves. Working as a software engineer is but a small facet of who I am.

arcturus17 4y ago

A lot of businesses have a goal to maximize work and minimize wages, and for those businesses…

toomuchtodo 4y ago

“Darling I told you several times before. I have no dream job, I do not dream of labor." — James Baldwin Not everyone wants interesting work. That’s just a hobby you get paid for.

vsareto 4y ago

It's hard for a stoic mindset to pave over the fact that you're only working a job because you have to. You'd see less of that if we have a society that gives a decent standard of living without having to work (ever), but even then, there will always be people looking to game any system for the thrill of it. That's the intrinsic satisfaction they get.

marcosdumay 4y ago

If you keep people stressed, they become useless. Stressed people get no intrinsic satisfaction from working, or almost anything really.