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Why would people who are so comfortable, whose job was to me a lifelong goal, want to do exactly what I worked so hard to move away from? The difference is doi
by jrowen 2y ago
Why would people who are so comfortable, whose job was to me a lifelong goal, want to do exactly what I worked so hard to move away from?
The difference is doing it out of necessity vs. doing it out of choice. Nobody fetishizes being worked to the bone in fear of making ends meet. Tech people are by and large well-educated and comfortable enough to dream of a utopia where they can be close to nature and do tasks that feel meaningful and human in an of themselves (vs. hyper-abstracted acronym-laden functional teams value-adds that often only provide the indirect satisfaction of "I'm doing my job and my boss is happy"). "I made a chair" and "I grew some carrots" are instantly relatable and valuable to anyone.
Source: I quit my tech job and moved to the woods 8 years ago, but would only do so because I don't need to worry about grinding a survival out of it.