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> No it's not, no one cares about your job. While I agree with the sentiment of this article, I strongly disagree that no one cares. As a curious person, I oft
by it_citizen 4y ago
> No it's not, no one cares about your job.
While I agree with the sentiment of this article, I strongly disagree that no one cares. As a curious person, I often have a ton of questions about someone's occupation. For me, it is fun to hear people talk about their job.
I just don't like asking about occupation early-on in the conversation because it sometimes feel like socially categorizing people.
- Manjuuu 4y agoSure, I do too when meeting someone with a non-standard job or a job that could be interesting from some peculiar point of view, but most jobs are definitely not that interesting, most are really just an exchange of time for money.
- it_citizen 4y agoI don't know, I cannot think of a lot of jobs that would be completely uninteresting to me. What would they be? Even if the job doesn't have a technical angle that interests you, you can always talk about the human aspect of things: frustration with their management / the funny things that happened to them / stories they heard from their customers / something in their job they are passionate about / how they feel about their job / the things they have learnt while working in their domain. I think I am using those conversations to try to imagine what my life might have been if software engineer didn't exist. It is pretty much the only thing I was really good at. I am insecure about how much harder my life might have been without it.
- mordae 4y agoThere is nothing worse than being asked about your occupation and then feel being categorized to "just another ..." and for the conversation to go elsewhere.