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Acting your wage will atrophy your abilities
- 082349872349872 3y agoThere's always open source...
- sgbeal 3y ago> Whatever the situation, whatever the company, you should show up with your very best. Not for them, but for you. i cannot stress this enough. Case in point: after having been a moderately successful I.T. Guy my whole life, i was knocked out of the industry by a severe case of chronic RSI and found myself, a couple of years ago, delivering newspapers between one and three in the morning, six days a week, to earn some extra money. i found myself thinking, "you know, this may be minimum-wage menial labor, but if i don't give it my best effort then i'm just being an arrogant (expletive)." To be clear, i had to keep _actively reminding myself_ of that (because it _was_ brain-dead, low-paying work, which can easily become demoralizing for someone used to earning well by typing), but if someone's paying me to do a job, and i've accepted the terms of that job, then it's up to me to make an honest best effort.
- Mizoguchi 3y agoGiving your very best usually takes time and energy, which are finite resources. For many people a job is just an instrument to finance other things (an idea, education, a hobby) that also take time and energy. So depending on your particular goals and life situation not giving your very best is perfectly ok.