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If being in tech requires crafting your own rituals in order to stay engaged, what's the motivation to not simply quit and start brewing beer and growing tomato
by iceflinger 4y ago
If being in tech requires crafting your own rituals in order to stay engaged, what's the motivation to not simply quit and start brewing beer and growing tomatoes while still keeping your own tech rituals? If the fulfillment of working with technology is coming from outside having technology as a career, why stay in technology as a career? Compared to the feeling mentioned between doctors and patients I still don't see any actual compelling reason that staying in tech as a business in its current state is worth it even to the most enthused about technology.
- 411111111111111 4y ago> what's the motivation to not simply quit and start brewing beer and growing tomatoes while still keeping your own tech rituals? - money - job security - experience
- iceflinger 4y agoNone of those really insulate you from disillusionment.
- TheCapeGreek 4y agoAt least for me, and I am going to guess the majority of us, the comfort of a good paycheck outweighs the disillusionment, despite the result being a feeling that you're wasting 1/3 of your waking days on something you don't care about. Every time I look at some flashy purchase that I'd like and can get with finance (e.g. new car), it always seems affordable, but the long term cost is that I have to rigidly stay in my income bracket or rise above it. There's no room for risk to fail.