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> usually picked on the basis of the highest compensation because that's what pays the bills, not out of which is most fun. I think you should reconsider some

> usually picked on the basis of the highest compensation because that's what pays the bills, not out of which is most fun. I think you should reconsider some of your life choices then. You're spending a large part of your life working. Why wouldn't you choose a job that's fun? > job and tasks at work also happen to be an activity that's fun to you but that's super rare, and it's best not to spend your life searching for that magic workplace where that could happen, but simply to learn to separate and containerize work and fun. This is some of the worst advice I've ever seen. Those workplaces are not rare at all! So instead of spending your life at a fun job your advice is for people to spend their life at a job they don't like? Jeez. That sounds like a life worth living for sure.

timeagain 3y ago
I’m sure they bring this mentality to work and make it miserable for everyone else too
ferbivore 3y ago
> Why wouldn't you choose a job that's fun? Most people I know never had a real choice, and those who did had to exercise it around the age of 18, with no real insight into what they were getting into. > Those workplaces are not rare at all! What makes you think that?
s-lambert 3y ago
> You're spending a large part of your life working. Why wouldn't you choose a job that's fun? I've picked two jobs that I thought could be fun but both of them ended up being the same tedium as the non-fun jobs. How do you pick a fun job?
- usrusr 3y ago
  Had an opportunity to turn something I enjoyed a lot in my spare time into a full time job and it was one of the least happy times in my life. There's a certain convenience in spending your working hours on stuff you identify with enough (even if only barely) to enjoy the successes, but not enough to get overly disappointed by failures. How to pick a fun job: my vote would be pick something that isn't excruciating and then stop wondering wether grass might be greener elsewhere.
nofunthrow93822 3y ago
> Why wouldn't you choose a job that's fun? Unfortunately, nothing is fun (for me) when done 8 hours a day, 5 days a week for months or years. Not to say there aren't better or worse jobs, of course. But there isn't anything (including any of my favourite hobbies) I would spend that much time doing, if I didn't need to earn money.
- rafaelvasco 3y ago
  Almost nothing in my career (13 years) was ever really fun. Very discrete moments. Only consistent fun I ever have is on my personal projects... Actually the more the things I'm working on on my clients projects resemble my personal projects (I'm into game dev) the more fun I have. Which is very very rare.

timeagain 3y ago

I’m sure they bring this mentality to work and make it miserable for everyone else too

ferbivore 3y ago

> Why wouldn't you choose a job that's fun? Most people I know never had a real choice, and those who did had to exercise it around the age of 18, with no real insight into what they were getting into. > Those workplaces are not rare at all! What makes you think that?

s-lambert 3y ago

> You're spending a large part of your life working. Why wouldn't you choose a job that's fun? I've picked two jobs that I thought could be fun but both of them ended up being the same tedium as the non-fun jobs. How do you pick a fun job?

usrusr 3y ago
Had an opportunity to turn something I enjoyed a lot in my spare time into a full time job and it was one of the least happy times in my life. There's a certain convenience in spending your working hours on stuff you identify with enough (even if only barely) to enjoy the successes, but not enough to get overly disappointed by failures. How to pick a fun job: my vote would be pick something that isn't excruciating and then stop wondering wether grass might be greener elsewhere.

nofunthrow93822 3y ago

> Why wouldn't you choose a job that's fun? Unfortunately, nothing is fun (for me) when done 8 hours a day, 5 days a week for months or years. Not to say there aren't better or worse jobs, of course. But there isn't anything (including any of my favourite hobbies) I would spend that much time doing, if I didn't need to earn money.

rafaelvasco 3y ago
Almost nothing in my career (13 years) was ever really fun. Very discrete moments. Only consistent fun I ever have is on my personal projects... Actually the more the things I'm working on on my clients projects resemble my personal projects (I'm into game dev) the more fun I have. Which is very very rare.