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I guess I’ll just keep working in construction. The arrogance of people who think the value of most human work is done hunched over a computer is staggering.
by wincy 2y ago
I guess I’ll just keep working in construction. The arrogance of people who think the value of most human work is done hunched over a computer is staggering.
- hirvi74 2y agoI concur. I work hunched over a computer, but I have realized over the years how hollow it all is internally. Most people do not only have no conception of what I actually do, but also, most people will never see it, use it, etc.. My work brings no pleasure to people and is confined to live on a bunch of NAND gates and across various wires. I think it hurt me most when I realized, on days when I have been really productive, if I just turn my computer off and look around me, then I have absolutely nothing to show for it.
- wincy 2y agoI feel you, I had this problem when I worked making marketing websites for a really scummy company and realized I wasn’t making the world a better place. I got burnt out. I got a new job, I do websites and CRUD apps still, but it’s in service of a large multinational construction company, and seeing engineers and the actual boots on the ground doing construction work really makes me feel like the stuff I’m making means something. We get an opportunity to go out in the field sometimes and it was an eye opener, a “small” construction site may employee 800 people and have people working round the clock. There are ways to make this work meaningful, you just have to seek it out. Wish you all the best.