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Long, amazing read -- I remember it from the SA forums years ago when I was in high school -- I remember wondering then just how long I'd be able to take a job

Long, amazing read -- I remember it from the SA forums years ago when I was in high school -- I remember wondering then just how long I'd be able to take a job that paid relatively well but offered no... accomplishment. Well fortunately for me, that opportunity came a few years later while working for one of the large banks! The answer to my earlier question was six months; I had worked a few years through various positions into operations, only to fall into a role with little managerial oversight and no responsibility, it got boring so fast...

derleth 13y ago
> a job that paid relatively well but offered no... accomplishment. Welcome to most jobs, ever, in every historical period and culture, ever since humans have had jobs distinct from whatever else they did with their lives. Progress seems to consist of reducing the number of those kinds of jobs and, eventually, finding other things to do for the people who aren't suited to anything else.
- niels_olson 13y ago
  any job that can be replaced by a computer or robot, will be. Be the one who makes that happen, or be the one it happens to.
  - nitrogen 13y ago
    There is a third option: be the one who makes sure the second group is still happy afterward.
    - antocv 13y ago
      Smartphones, ipads, web and apps for everyone! Consume minglings!
      - niels_olson 13y ago
        > minglings please define
- 9h1d9j809s 13y ago
  > Welcome to most jobs, ever, in every historical period and culture, ever since humans have had jobs distinct from whatever else they did with their lives. Many jobs were probably quite fulfilling. A cobbler, for example, who produced a pair of shoes before this task could be automated or split Taylor-style.
puma1 13y ago
I don't understand leaving a safe secure job for something unknown. How you use your time is your choice. But you would leave a perfectly good paying job? From what I hear finding a decent place to work is very hard these days.

derleth 13y ago

> a job that paid relatively well but offered no... accomplishment. Welcome to most jobs, ever, in every historical period and culture, ever since humans have had jobs distinct from whatever else they did with their lives. Progress seems to consist of reducing the number of those kinds of jobs and, eventually, finding other things to do for the people who aren't suited to anything else.

niels_olson 13y ago
any job that can be replaced by a computer or robot, will be. Be the one who makes that happen, or be the one it happens to.
- nitrogen 13y ago
  There is a third option: be the one who makes sure the second group is still happy afterward.
  - antocv 13y ago
    Smartphones, ipads, web and apps for everyone! Consume minglings!
    - niels_olson 13y ago
      > minglings please define
9h1d9j809s 13y ago
> Welcome to most jobs, ever, in every historical period and culture, ever since humans have had jobs distinct from whatever else they did with their lives. Many jobs were probably quite fulfilling. A cobbler, for example, who produced a pair of shoes before this task could be automated or split Taylor-style.

puma1 13y ago

I don't understand leaving a safe secure job for something unknown. How you use your time is your choice. But you would leave a perfectly good paying job? From what I hear finding a decent place to work is very hard these days.