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> Identifying with your employer to the extent you view it as the pinnacle of your life isn’t likely to end positively. > At some extremes, this is false, righ
by SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago
> Identifying with your employer to the extent you view it as the pinnacle of your life isn’t likely to end positively.
> At some extremes, this is false, right? What about someone becoming an astronaut?
Sorry about the source, but have a look at this workplace discussion between two Russian Astronauts, about how that after the big send-off the job is a "heavy routine" and "depression hits". But they can't give it up.
https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/grzwfl/i_love_this_conversation_between_these_two/ https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/grzwfl/i_love_this_c...
- "I'm fed up. Fuck. This is the last time"
- "hahahaha"
- "What, dammit?"
- "This is the tenth time I hear that from you. We live while we work or fly."
I mean, what do you do after being an astronaut? If it's "the extreme pinnacle of your life" and it's over.
- a1962w 4y agoLawn chair Larry's story was kinda like that I think. I would love to take the flight but would never want any interaction with the authorities or publicity. They seem to ruin everything.