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> I think real world stress is something that academic institutions don't prepare you for. Should it, though? Stress results from abuse and abusive working con

by rewmie 3y ago

> I think real world stress is something that academic institutions don't prepare you for. Should it, though? Stress results from abuse and abusive working conditions, and a workforce should not be conditioned to take abusive relationships as normal or acceptable. I argue the opposite and go as far as to claim that software developers are in a dire need of a union. Having to work nights and weekends should not be tolerated in any industry, which includes also FANG jobs.

zeroCalories 3y ago
>Should it, though? Stress results from abuse and abusive working conditions It doesn't have to be school, but you should learn how to manage stress. You can have a perfectly fine job and still get stressed out, or have a horrible job and manage fine. Personally I can handle a lot of stress well, and I enjoy the rewards that it brings. Infact, it's fun for me.
- rewmie 3y ago
  > It doesn't have to be school, but you should learn how to manage stress. You can have a perfectly fine job and still get stressed out, or have a horrible job and manage fine. There's something awfully broken in a society that would argue that the entire youth of a nation should be conditioned to accept stress as normal or acceptable, and that stress should be considered normal in any working environment.
  - zeroCalories 3y ago
    I would say what's broken is a generation of youth that go out into the world thinking that they won't encounter stressful situations .
    - rewmie 3y ago
      There's a colossal difference between encountering stressful situations and thinking it's normal that jobs should be so stressful so often that the national school curriculum should prepare people to endure mental and emotional abuse. There is no way around it: it's screwed up.
      - zeroCalories 3y ago
        Guess we'll just have to disagree on the framing. But if you really want a less stressful job there are plenty outside of silicon valley and wall street, you'll just have to live with being paid significantly less. Don't see why you have to ruin the jobs that work well for so many others.

by rewmie 3y ago

zeroCalories 3y ago

>Should it, though? Stress results from abuse and abusive working conditions It doesn't have to be school, but you should learn how to manage stress. You can have a perfectly fine job and still get stressed out, or have a horrible job and manage fine. Personally I can handle a lot of stress well, and I enjoy the rewards that it brings. Infact, it's fun for me.

rewmie 3y ago
> It doesn't have to be school, but you should learn how to manage stress. You can have a perfectly fine job and still get stressed out, or have a horrible job and manage fine. There's something awfully broken in a society that would argue that the entire youth of a nation should be conditioned to accept stress as normal or acceptable, and that stress should be considered normal in any working environment.
- zeroCalories 3y ago
  I would say what's broken is a generation of youth that go out into the world thinking that they won't encounter stressful situations .
  - rewmie 3y ago
    There's a colossal difference between encountering stressful situations and thinking it's normal that jobs should be so stressful so often that the national school curriculum should prepare people to endure mental and emotional abuse. There is no way around it: it's screwed up.
    - zeroCalories 3y ago
      Guess we'll just have to disagree on the framing. But if you really want a less stressful job there are plenty outside of silicon valley and wall street, you'll just have to live with being paid significantly less. Don't see why you have to ruin the jobs that work well for so many others.