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having fun isn't tied to employment unless you are self-employed even then what's fun should not be the driving force
by agentifysh 10mo ago
having fun isn't tied to employment unless you are self-employed even then what's fun should not be the driving force
- banbangtuth 10mo agoWhy? It is a matter of values. Fun can be a driving force just like money and stability is. It is simply a matter of your values (and your sacrifices). Like I said, I am just a generic replaceable dime a dozen programmer dude.
- agentifysh 10mo agoyou dont get paid to have fun but to produce as a laborer a job isn't supposed to be fun its nice when it is but it shouldn't be what drives decisions
- banbangtuth 10mo agoYou mean it shouldn't be the driving force of your employer to make decision. Yes I agree 10000% I meant it can be your (not necessarily your employer) driving decision in life. Of course, you need to suffer. That's about having tradeoffs.
- agentifysh 10mo agoalmost all employers are going to expect you to use AI and produce more with it you can definitely choose not to participate and give the opportunity someone who are happy to use AI and still have fun with it.
- tikhonj 10mo agomost organizations have awful leadership, sure but that doesn't mean you can't (or shouldn't) work around it
- agentifysh 10mo agohave you tried telling your boss you won't use the AI anymore while the rest of the team uses it ? how do you imagine such conversation to play out im curious
- tikhonj 10mo agowhat I've done is avoid the sort of boss who would mandate AI use in a past job I did tell a boss that I wasn't going to be doing the whole tickets/estimates/schedule tetris thing, and that actually worked out... because the leaders I worked with understood the value of being flexible and trusting their lead engineers
- banbangtuth 10mo agoIndeed, please find others to do it, not me.
- llmslave2 10mo agoThat sounds miserable to me :(
- agentifysh 10mo agoyou work on somebody's dime, its no longer your choice
- llmslave2 10mo agoIt's my life, it's my choice.
- zem 10mo agoit's your choice whose dime you work on. they can compete for your work by making it fun for you.
- agentifysh 10mo agosure unemployment is also a choice
- zem 10mo agofun work > tedious work > unemployment not sure why so many people feel like factoring fun into what job you want to take is so unthinkable, or that it's just a false dichotomy between the ideal job and unemployment
- agentifysh 10mo agoyou are describing the ideal which is not a reality for many many people as it is not common
- zem 10mo agoit's a trade-off; you need a job but you typically interview at several places, collect offers, and weigh them according to various criteria. all the pro-fun posters are saying is that "enjoy the job" is a very highly ranked criterion for us.
- lifetimerubyist 10mo ago"get a job doing something you enjoy and you'll never work a day in your life" or something like that
- throw-12-16 10mo agoi think you angered the hustle bros
- agentifysh 10mo agowere these bots? so strange all green nicks
- throw-12-16 10mo agonah just privileged dudes who think the whole world gets to pick and choose how to earn a living