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Disappointing that it's so rare for knowledge workers to get their own offices nowadays. About 7 years ago, I did a 6 months contract where I had my own office

Disappointing that it's so rare for knowledge workers to get their own offices nowadays. About 7 years ago, I did a 6 months contract where I had my own office and it was great. Nowadays, knowledge workers are treated like cattle. There's just so many of us. Knowledge and intelligence used to be precious, now they're treated as cheap commodities. Also, there are a lot of people who are working in knowledge fields who have no curiosity at all - They seem to be doing it entirely for money and/or status - These people are absolutely awful to deal with if you care about the work. They couldn't care less for the work and are all too happy to throw the project under the bus to protect their status and keep playing the role of the big boss in a bad movie. Stakeholders couldn't care less either; so long as they can keep finding investors to pour money into their pointless projects, they don't care if the project leaders are incompetent.

midoridensha 4y ago
>Also, there are a lot of people who are working in knowledge fields who have no curiosity at all - They seem to be doing it entirely for money and/or status What's wrong with doing something for money? You make it sound like a bad thing. Do you think the janitor cleans your toilet because they find the work so intellectually stimulating? The work needs to get done, and most people would rather watch TV or go on a walk or play a sport or read a book or countless other things instead of slaving away at someone else's project, so society uses money to motivate them to devote their time and attention to that thing. You sound like one of those people who think that knowledge workers should work for peanuts just because the work is so interesting.
- jongjong 4y ago
  Nothing wrong doing certain things only for money. We've all been there. But if someone pursues knowledge for the sole purpose of getting money or power, their knowledge ends up being corrupted because they are driven by self-interest and not by truth. You can't see the truth if you are overly focused on your personal self-interests as the two often don't align. It creates a bias and corrupts your knowledge. Then later you will teach your corrupted knowledge to others...

midoridensha 4y ago

>Also, there are a lot of people who are working in knowledge fields who have no curiosity at all - They seem to be doing it entirely for money and/or status What's wrong with doing something for money? You make it sound like a bad thing. Do you think the janitor cleans your toilet because they find the work so intellectually stimulating? The work needs to get done, and most people would rather watch TV or go on a walk or play a sport or read a book or countless other things instead of slaving away at someone else's project, so society uses money to motivate them to devote their time and attention to that thing. You sound like one of those people who think that knowledge workers should work for peanuts just because the work is so interesting.

jongjong 4y ago
Nothing wrong doing certain things only for money. We've all been there. But if someone pursues knowledge for the sole purpose of getting money or power, their knowledge ends up being corrupted because they are driven by self-interest and not by truth. You can't see the truth if you are overly focused on your personal self-interests as the two often don't align. It creates a bias and corrupts your knowledge. Then later you will teach your corrupted knowledge to others...