Yes, I grew up in a blue collar home and understood the reality of that type of work enough to know to stay away from it. At the same time, a lot of knowledge w

Yes, I grew up in a blue collar home and understood the reality of that type of work enough to know to stay away from it. At the same time, a lot of knowledge work is very unsatisfying because it's often so abstract and even if meaningful (and there's plenty of bullshit software work out there) is such a small part of a larger system that it's hard to see your contribution. (I believe Marx would call it alienation of labor). Growing plants or building buildings or baking bread is the opposite; you can immediately see the product and get satisfaction from that. But given the economic realities, it's probably better if you can keep those as hobbies and slog through the day job.