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IMO, it can also be a philosophical thing. "What do I want out of my one short life? To spend it toiling away unhappy 90% of the time and spend money trying to
by mcsniff 2y ago
IMO, it can also be a philosophical thing.
"What do I want out of my one short life? To spend it toiling away unhappy 90% of the time and spend money trying to be happy the remaining 10% or find something I enjoy doing the majority of the time that can also pay some bills?"
A lot of people are asking themselves these questions, and if you're not -- why not?
- Loughla 2y agoI think there has also been a massive shift in the game though. More young people are seeing work as a means to an end instead of a calling. Jobs don't define people like they used to. So, trading your week days for money to do everything you want in the weekends is pretty okay now. Being a company (wo)man is sort of seen as being a class traitor? Maybe that's just because I work with low income college students, though.
- marcuskane2 2y agoThere was a period of time (80s-90s) that the American middle class was booming and thriving. Boomers with stable but unfulfilling jobs regretted not following their dreams, and the future looked bright, so they told their millenial kids to chase their passions and the money would follow. Then a generation of millenials collectively got millions of degrees in liberal arts and humanities, but the degrees didn't have any class-signaling power or economic value the way a college degree in 1970 did, so instead of getting cushy careers they ended up in low-paid, low-status unfulfilling jobs, with debt from a useless degree. Gen Z saw that happen and took a more practical view towards college, careers, etc.
- razakel 2y agoAnd the stable unfulfilling jobs all went to China.