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It's a bullshit job when, if you don't do it, or don't do it well, there really aren't any meaningful consequences for anyone. There are other ways the job cou
by supportengineer 3y ago
It's a bullshit job when, if you don't do it, or don't do it well, there really aren't any meaningful consequences for anyone.
There are other ways the job could be done, but your management doesn't want them done that way.
- onetimeuse92304 3y agoThat's a bad test. Sometimes the consequences are so nebulous and spread over thinly over large population or far in the future, etc. that it is hard to argue this test can be useful. For example, if you decide to stop doing research (say into genetics) then there are no immediate consequences to anybody. But we still think that genetics research is important and worthwhile cause. Even if not every researcher is able to provide ground breaking results, collectively they help us resolve important problems like improving our longetivity, drug research, etc.
- ryandrake 3y ago> Sometimes the consequences are so nebulous and spread over thinly over large population or far in the future, etc. that it is hard to argue this test can be useful. But they are consequences, so the research example passes OP's test. There are plenty of actual jobs out there where if they stopped being done, nothing bad would happen, at any scale and within any time frame. People writing reports that exactly zero people read. People making things that just get thrown away. People digging holes that other people just fill with dirt. That's what OP is getting at.
- fuzzfactor 3y ago>It's a bullshit job when, if you don't do it, or don't do it well, there really aren't any meaningful consequences for anyone. OTOH, sometimes if you do an outstanding job with great pride, performing beyond expectations, there aren't any meaningful consequences for anyone either. When both are true you've really got a double-ringer.