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IT -> Manual laborer gas industry. It's rewarding, been to beautiful places, met whole other (blue collar) subcultures. But it's really hard to know if it's li
by aaron695 3y ago
IT -> Manual laborer gas industry.
It's rewarding, been to beautiful places, met whole other (blue collar) subcultures. But it's really hard to know if it's life positive. It's certainly not for life, screw that. Manual work keeps you fit but it breaks the body more. It's also dangerous which is an ok price to pay for experiences but not for living life.
Volunteering in IT in a developing country (1 year turned to 2.5 years) unconditionally positive, travel, different people, different challenges, different parts of the brain used.
> Did you miss the money and status?
Money yes, but if I got my tickets I could be on similar to before. Status, that's a UK thing. I literally lol on the idea people in IT have status.
- thorin 3y agoWhy do you need status in the UK though, I'm not sure it's a requirement, probably more of an ego thing? I've been to garden parties at Buckingham Palace, balls at Oxford and Cambridge university, worked in investment banking, worked in academic research, come from a severely deprived working class area and terrible schooling, achieved in education and now live in a comfortable middle class area. I don't think status or class has been much of an issue, but I haven't really needed nepotism, I've tried to live off my own skills and achievements and just be nice to people around me.