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"shit careers" how? Because they don't pay well? You won't get rich? If you're going to dedicate the next 30 years of your life to something, you'd better damn

by rlu 14y ago

"shit careers" how? Because they don't pay well? You won't get rich? If you're going to dedicate the next 30 years of your life to something, you'd better damn well enjoy it or you will hate your life. You spend more time at work than with your family, so you'd better not hate your job or you'll go insane. A job that you GENUINELY enjoy should ALWAYS be taken over a job that pays big bucks. We are EXTREMELY fortunate that the jobs we enjoy doing ALSO pay very well. Nevertheless, if I got paid a fraction of what I do I would continue to do it over a job that I did not find interetsing but paid well. Do what you love - as long as you are above the poverty line you'll be happy. And most jobs will allow you to live above the poverty line :)

kamaal 14y ago
>>"shit careers" how? Because they don't pay well? You won't get rich? Contrary to whatever you think 'getting rich' is very important. Its also fun to be rich. Its fun to know you don't have to worry getting up early in the morning and do all you have to to in a hurry just to hit the work desk. Its also fun to not come home tired wanting to do something you love but not having energy or the time to do it. Its also fun to not worry about saving some pennies every month just so that you would want to buy a new phone/tablet or whatever six months later. Its also fun to send your kids to the best institutions out there to get them educated. Its fun to drive the Ferrari, Its fun to go on unlimited vacations in Europe. I can go on and on. Trust me if you have money life is really 'fun'. I mean the real fun. Not the make believe fun, they tell you in books and articles about fun while sweating at work. >>A job that you GENUINELY enjoy should ALWAYS be taken over a job that pays big bucks. Big bucks are more genuinely enjoyable, actually. >>We are EXTREMELY fortunate that the jobs we enjoy doing ALSO pay very well No, programming jobs pay marginally well. But that's still not sufficient for what one would call an awesome life. >>if I got paid a fraction of what I do I would continue to do it over a job that I did not find interetsing but paid well. I respect your choice, but I wouldn't. The concept of life is to live. And you need to money to live, which in turn requires work. But if you consider work as life. Then priorities all get messed up. >>Do what you love - as long as you are above the poverty line you'll be happy. And most jobs will allow you to live above the poverty line :) There is hardly any glory in poverty. And even if you are the best janitor in the whole world. You still won't be able to send your kids to a good university. You won't have a good home, car or whatever. None of that can keep you happy.
- ryanmolden 14y ago
  >Contrary to whatever you think 'getting rich' is very important. To you. Just like the GP is projecting his view of the world as the view everyone should have, so are you. People are different (gasp) and that means their rankings of most any list of things you can come up with will be different. >And even if you are the best janitor in the whole world. You still won't be able to send your kids to a good university Maybe it is the grouch in me but perhaps your kids could get scholarships, or (gasp again) pay some portion of their own school bill. The idea that a parent is a failure if they can't pay 4 years or more of Harvard tuition in cash seems silly, to me anyhow. Also, anecdotally, everyone I met in college whose parents were footing the bill were kind of deplorable people to be honest. I am sure there are nice people whose parents picked up the whole cost of their college education, I have just never met any.
  - krakensden 14y ago
    Getting rich is too much, but wanting financial security is not. There are few things more stressful and destructive than being too broke for too long.
  - kamaal 14y ago
    I agree. But I put a few things as they are because sometimes they are necessary to be put it that way. Look at this way. These articles try to paint a picture that its OK to sacrifice your financial well being if you are faced with an option that offers perceived happiness. In reality this is rarely true. Work is just one requirement of life. Of the many requirements which start from brushing your teeth in the morning to mosquito repellant in the night. You need money for nearly everything these days. And anybody who gives you an advice that doesn't account for this thing isn't just getting the point. A millennium back all you would need is horse and ability to climb a tree. And you could do anything in the world, by just riding the horse and eating fruits plucked from the tree. These days you need money for everything. If you feel you can be 'happy' by just doing work. Then sure you will be happy doing work. But you won't be happy doing everything else without money. And that everything else makes up a very big part of your life. Sooner or later everybody realizes this.

by rlu 14y ago

kamaal 14y ago

>>"shit careers" how? Because they don't pay well? You won't get rich? Contrary to whatever you think 'getting rich' is very important. Its also fun to be rich. Its fun to know you don't have to worry getting up early in the morning and do all you have to to in a hurry just to hit the work desk. Its also fun to not come home tired wanting to do something you love but not having energy or the time to do it. Its also fun to not worry about saving some pennies every month just so that you would want to buy a new phone/tablet or whatever six months later. Its also fun to send your kids to the best institutions out there to get them educated. Its fun to drive the Ferrari, Its fun to go on unlimited vacations in Europe. I can go on and on. Trust me if you have money life is really 'fun'. I mean the real fun. Not the make believe fun, they tell you in books and articles about fun while sweating at work. >>A job that you GENUINELY enjoy should ALWAYS be taken over a job that pays big bucks. Big bucks are more genuinely enjoyable, actually. >>We are EXTREMELY fortunate that the jobs we enjoy doing ALSO pay very well No, programming jobs pay marginally well. But that's still not sufficient for what one would call an awesome life. >>if I got paid a fraction of what I do I would continue to do it over a job that I did not find interetsing but paid well. I respect your choice, but I wouldn't. The concept of life is to live. And you need to money to live, which in turn requires work. But if you consider work as life. Then priorities all get messed up. >>Do what you love - as long as you are above the poverty line you'll be happy. And most jobs will allow you to live above the poverty line :) There is hardly any glory in poverty. And even if you are the best janitor in the whole world. You still won't be able to send your kids to a good university. You won't have a good home, car or whatever. None of that can keep you happy.

ryanmolden 14y ago
>Contrary to whatever you think 'getting rich' is very important. To you. Just like the GP is projecting his view of the world as the view everyone should have, so are you. People are different (gasp) and that means their rankings of most any list of things you can come up with will be different. >And even if you are the best janitor in the whole world. You still won't be able to send your kids to a good university Maybe it is the grouch in me but perhaps your kids could get scholarships, or (gasp again) pay some portion of their own school bill. The idea that a parent is a failure if they can't pay 4 years or more of Harvard tuition in cash seems silly, to me anyhow. Also, anecdotally, everyone I met in college whose parents were footing the bill were kind of deplorable people to be honest. I am sure there are nice people whose parents picked up the whole cost of their college education, I have just never met any.
- krakensden 14y ago
  Getting rich is too much, but wanting financial security is not. There are few things more stressful and destructive than being too broke for too long.
- kamaal 14y ago
  I agree. But I put a few things as they are because sometimes they are necessary to be put it that way. Look at this way. These articles try to paint a picture that its OK to sacrifice your financial well being if you are faced with an option that offers perceived happiness. In reality this is rarely true. Work is just one requirement of life. Of the many requirements which start from brushing your teeth in the morning to mosquito repellant in the night. You need money for nearly everything these days. And anybody who gives you an advice that doesn't account for this thing isn't just getting the point. A millennium back all you would need is horse and ability to climb a tree. And you could do anything in the world, by just riding the horse and eating fruits plucked from the tree. These days you need money for everything. If you feel you can be 'happy' by just doing work. Then sure you will be happy doing work. But you won't be happy doing everything else without money. And that everything else makes up a very big part of your life. Sooner or later everybody realizes this.