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I need a job I can care about or else I struggle to do the work.

by Arch-TK 3y ago

thevtm 3y ago
Right now this is unbearable for you but getting angry with your colleagues is just going to make it unbearable for everyone. Spending your passion on your own projects or OSS will yield you better returns 9 times out of 10.
- Arch-TK 3y ago
  You confused me for OP. I spend most of my free time with housework, socializing and hobbies but there just isn't enough meaningful stuff I care to do outside of working hours to overcome the 8 hours a day of meaningless work I do for my employer. It’s clear other people are able to manage but I have been trying for years and all I ever manage to get out of it is depression. I just can't do meaningless work for 8 hours a day.
eddieroger 3y ago
One can care about their job without caring what their peers are doing. Do your work, do it the best you can, and let management deal with everyone else (or not).
- Arch-TK 3y ago
  Sure, but the point made by the person I replied to was that you shouldn't care about your job. Also, it's normally quite difficult to do a job which requires collaboration when other people don't care about it. Likewise, it becomes difficult to not get burned out if you care about a job and your employer doesn't recognize and reward this. I think overall my objection is to blanket advice I've heard during my life about how much care I should put into my work. I have never been able to be effective (and as a result have had issues with) doing meaningless work which I didn't care about. I have also had issues with continuing to care about work which people I work with didn't care about. It's clear that a carefree approach works for some people but in this case it seems like better advice for OP would be to explain how to find jobs where people do care rather than trying to tell him (and other people in that situation) to just deal with it.

4 ms·

I need a job I can care about or else I struggle to do the work.

by Arch-TK 3y ago

I need a job I can care about or else I struggle to do the work.

thevtm 3y ago
Right now this is unbearable for you but getting angry with your colleagues is just going to make it unbearable for everyone. Spending your passion on your own projects or OSS will yield you better returns 9 times out of 10.
- Arch-TK 3y ago
  You confused me for OP. I spend most of my free time with housework, socializing and hobbies but there just isn't enough meaningful stuff I care to do outside of working hours to overcome the 8 hours a day of meaningless work I do for my employer. It’s clear other people are able to manage but I have been trying for years and all I ever manage to get out of it is depression. I just can't do meaningless work for 8 hours a day.
eddieroger 3y ago
One can care about their job without caring what their peers are doing. Do your work, do it the best you can, and let management deal with everyone else (or not).
- Arch-TK 3y ago
  Sure, but the point made by the person I replied to was that you shouldn't care about your job. Also, it's normally quite difficult to do a job which requires collaboration when other people don't care about it. Likewise, it becomes difficult to not get burned out if you care about a job and your employer doesn't recognize and reward this. I think overall my objection is to blanket advice I've heard during my life about how much care I should put into my work. I have never been able to be effective (and as a result have had issues with) doing meaningless work which I didn't care about. I have also had issues with continuing to care about work which people I work with didn't care about. It's clear that a carefree approach works for some people but in this case it seems like better advice for OP would be to explain how to find jobs where people do care rather than trying to tell him (and other people in that situation) to just deal with it.