There aren't enough literally dirty jobs to go around, unless you consider "dirty" to merely mean "in need of a shower", in which case my 36 hour coding sprints

There aren't enough literally dirty jobs to go around, unless you consider "dirty" to merely mean "in need of a shower", in which case my 36 hour coding sprints at the office definitely qualify me. The important distinction is "job that pays me to do what I love and totally fulfills me" vs "job that is in demand, pays well and I can tolerate". The former is a meme that the baby boomers invented and indoctrinated into their children, resulting in a generation of highly educated barristas. The few that make it into the cushy jobs are the ones who end up complaining constantly, a symptom of inhibiting their natural productive instinct. We need to get shit done. It's primal. And nothing feels more like getting shit done than something disgusting and dangerous. That's why you feel great after you clean the bathroom. The tech industry is an anomoly in that the productive jobs are often also deeply fulfilling. There are a few other jobs like that, but not enough for everyone and they set a bad example for the rest of the working world.