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Of course the TV show has to depict physically dirty jobs. Most TV programs seem to have a requirement to capture and keep hold of the viewer's eyes and ears.
by umjames 18y ago
Of course the TV show has to depict physically dirty jobs. Most TV programs seem to have a requirement to capture and keep hold of the viewer's eyes and ears. A TV show where a bunch of people sit in cubicles in a mostly silent office and you only hear typing, mouse clicking, and the occasional phone ringing does not make for desirable TV programming (even if it accurately depicts reality).
Just because most people feel that they are under-appreciated in their professions doesn't mean that that feeling is less legitimate. Everyone has the right to complain about their job, regardless of how cushy it seems to others.
In a way, complaining about your job is proof to yourself that you aren't where you want to be yet. That's the essence of a lot of startups.
- ejs 18y agoConsidering Mike Rowe is pushing for more trade school enrollment makes it pretty clear I think that he is talking about legitimately dirty work, the real literal definition. I don't understand what any of this has to do with "dirty"? So now we just stretch the definition of dirty to mean anything one can complain about at work? Then there is no point to it, by that definition there are dirty parts to every single job in the world. Personally I cant think of any other job that is further from dirty then most programming jobs (literal definition). Why is that tech people have to hijack everything with the me too talk? Next we will read about strong men competitions and all the tech people will chime in with how deployment is such a heavy weight to lift... but hey its just figurative! Or how the programming is like cleaning toilets, because you have to look at other peoples code... on your monitor! And if you really think your job is dirty, go find an electrician and pull wire through a steel mill, or work with a nurse, or a truck driver, go pull up well pumps, or drain septic tanks... or any other legitimately dirty job. Or just stop trying to jack the little bit of pride a blue collar worker can have because he actually knows what dirty work is everyday.
- umjames 18y agoIt doesn't have anything to do with "dirty" or Mike Rowe. You were saying that you were tired of people complaining about their jobs. I happen to think that complaining about your job is fine. I don't think anyone is trying to hijack the phrase "dirty job" to lessen those who do literal dirty work in any way. I'm not attacking you.