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> it was hard for a professional working there to describe to their kids what exactly they do all day I work remotely, and my four year old daughter asked me t
by Xcelerate 2y ago
> it was hard for a professional working there to describe to their kids what exactly they do all day
I work remotely, and my four year old daughter asked me this morning “How does you being upstairs all day give us food?” At dinner time she always asks me “What did you do at work today?”
It’s a very odd experience trying to describe (justify?) the purpose of Zoom meetings and typing on a computer all day to a little person, and the more I attempted to come up with a coherent and reasonable explanation, the less defensible it sounded to myself as I spoke out loud. Tech is quite a strange industry to be in.
- mberlove 2y agoIMHO this breaks down into one of two answers: 1) I'm building something that makes a difference (if you think it does). 2) I'm building something that someone thinks makes a difference, and that person pays me (it's a paycheck). To my mind currently some tech jobs just get caught up in the whirlwind of self-justification, while others you could argue provide real value to people. Which side of that a particular role is on is, I think, largely subjective. So...someone thinks it's worth it to pay you. Maybe you care too; at the least, it puts food on the table because it matters to someone enough to swap money for. That's my 2 cents, but I invite a disagreeing perspective.
- bendigedig 2y agoI think alienation is more of a bottom-up emotional experience than anything that a top-down argument can really impact.