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>> But it does not sound like they made a poor choice. I think the thing that's not obvious to young people is that choices that seem good at any given time ma
by enraged_camel 1y ago
>> But it does not sound like they made a poor choice.
I think the thing that's not obvious to young people is that choices that seem good at any given time may turn out to be poor choices further down the line. The guy who traveled the world while working one hour a day telling engineers what to do over email probably had a great young adulthood. It sounds like he paid for it later, though, by getting laid off and having difficulty finding another job.
This doesn't mean that those who worked their asses off didn't get screwed over, but on average they probably did better professionally - and by proxy, financially.
- ethbr1 1y agoThe seductive failure of doing that is what you choose to invest your saved time in, similar to financial debt. It’s one thing if someone is iron willed enough to make productive use of their new free time. It’s different if they use it to play video games and sleep. Most people, if left to their own devices, will do the latter. We can say what we want about a hard, challenging job, but it forces us to work and learn. Thus, at the end of it, we have the benefit of that working and learning. The better question is not “How little work can I get away with doing?” but rather “What will I have at the end of this work?”
- lazylizard 1y agoim not sure when i can play video games and sleep..