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Depends on your definition of meaningful and interesting. I have no doubt that public school teaching, working in a nursing home, working as a social worker is

Depends on your definition of meaningful and interesting. I have no doubt that public school teaching, working in a nursing home, working as a social worker is meaningful, but I wouldn’t find any of those to be interesting.

echelon 3y ago
Working on a startup pursuing your topic / field of interest might do the trick. There are also lots of technical fields that vastly underpay due to the number of people that want to do it (eg. video games industry) and/or the lack of demand or immediate utility (eg. academia and research). There's also art, film, stage, music, and all of the liberal arts. Imagine what you want to do, then find a job that hits close to that. It might not pay well, but it might satisfy you.
- the_only_law 3y ago
  > or the lack of demand or immediate utility (eg. academia and research). The problem with academia for me (at least here in the US) is the amount of money I have to piss away to even get a fraction of a chance to work in it. You could convince me to sacrifice money to work on something interesting, but you can’t convince me to pay you a shitton of money to have a chance of maybe working on something interesting.
- jdlshore 3y ago
  Building a startup is full of uninteresting work. Same for games and any other field. Everything has its boring parts. (Especially building startups. What a slog that is. The fun part is building the product, and that’s a fraction of what you have to do.)
  - echelon 3y ago
    There's one infinitesimal wake period during the age of the universe, and this sounds like making excuses to not do the thing you want to do. Rip off the band aid and feel some pain.
    - jdlshore 3y ago
      Already done it. I’m speaking from experience, not fear.
      - echelon 3y ago
        Sorry :(
- murderfs 3y ago
  This is a fantastic way to turn something you enjoyed into something you hate.
mym1990 3y ago
Who said anything about any of those jobs?

echelon 3y ago

Working on a startup pursuing your topic / field of interest might do the trick. There are also lots of technical fields that vastly underpay due to the number of people that want to do it (eg. video games industry) and/or the lack of demand or immediate utility (eg. academia and research). There's also art, film, stage, music, and all of the liberal arts. Imagine what you want to do, then find a job that hits close to that. It might not pay well, but it might satisfy you.

the_only_law 3y ago
> or the lack of demand or immediate utility (eg. academia and research). The problem with academia for me (at least here in the US) is the amount of money I have to piss away to even get a fraction of a chance to work in it. You could convince me to sacrifice money to work on something interesting, but you can’t convince me to pay you a shitton of money to have a chance of maybe working on something interesting.
jdlshore 3y ago
Building a startup is full of uninteresting work. Same for games and any other field. Everything has its boring parts. (Especially building startups. What a slog that is. The fun part is building the product, and that’s a fraction of what you have to do.)
- echelon 3y ago
  There's one infinitesimal wake period during the age of the universe, and this sounds like making excuses to not do the thing you want to do. Rip off the band aid and feel some pain.
  - jdlshore 3y ago
    Already done it. I’m speaking from experience, not fear.
    - echelon 3y ago
      Sorry :(
murderfs 3y ago
This is a fantastic way to turn something you enjoyed into something you hate.

mym1990 3y ago

Who said anything about any of those jobs?