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> I just can't bring myself to mundane, boring work. The problem is that even really interesting/fun projects and jobs consist of an overwhelming amount of mun

by jotux 13y ago

> I just can't bring myself to mundane, boring work. The problem is that even really interesting/fun projects and jobs consist of an overwhelming amount of mundane and boring tasks. Building a race car? Someone still has to crimp connectors, run hundreds of feet of wire, clean grease off of tools at the end of the night and buy gas. You either have or develop the grit to power through these tasks so you can enjoy the fun stuff or you develop an appreciation for the mundane tasks and learn to enjoy them. Nobody wants to work on a team with the guy that gets really excited, does a few interesting parts of a project then wanders off when the rest of the grunt work needs to be completed.

zxexz 13y ago
Yeah, I get this. I wasn't talking about project based stuff and problem solving, I was referring to the silly things undergrad involves. What good is paying taking boring irrelevant classes that aren't related to what I'm paying to learn about? I still haven't worked that out. I guess it's to obtain an accredited degree. But shouldn't I be paying for knowledge instead of a piece of paper? I've found it's best not to think too deeply about it, lest I drop out in my last year of academia and become a choreographer or whatever it is happens to people who drop out of school. I don't mind running lots of wire though, that's very zen :P
- jotux 13y ago
  >I was referring to the silly things undergrad involves. >What good is paying taking boring irrelevant classes that aren't related to what I'm paying to learn about? "Irrelevent" Classes are to college as boring tasks are to jobs. I could take the exact same argument you're making about classes and put it into the context of a workplace: "Why do I have to write all this boring documentation? I just like coding, isn't my job title programmer? Don't you pay me to code? I'm not a novelist. I don't understand why I have to write all this documentation when I'm a programmer!"
  - austinz 13y ago
    It's also good to mention that what you think is relevant and irrelevant as a college student may not match up which what actually turns out to be relevant as a working professional or researcher. I learned this the hard way.

by jotux 13y ago

zxexz 13y ago

Yeah, I get this. I wasn't talking about project based stuff and problem solving, I was referring to the silly things undergrad involves. What good is paying taking boring irrelevant classes that aren't related to what I'm paying to learn about? I still haven't worked that out. I guess it's to obtain an accredited degree. But shouldn't I be paying for knowledge instead of a piece of paper? I've found it's best not to think too deeply about it, lest I drop out in my last year of academia and become a choreographer or whatever it is happens to people who drop out of school. I don't mind running lots of wire though, that's very zen :P

jotux 13y ago
>I was referring to the silly things undergrad involves. >What good is paying taking boring irrelevant classes that aren't related to what I'm paying to learn about? "Irrelevent" Classes are to college as boring tasks are to jobs. I could take the exact same argument you're making about classes and put it into the context of a workplace: "Why do I have to write all this boring documentation? I just like coding, isn't my job title programmer? Don't you pay me to code? I'm not a novelist. I don't understand why I have to write all this documentation when I'm a programmer!"
- austinz 13y ago
  It's also good to mention that what you think is relevant and irrelevant as a college student may not match up which what actually turns out to be relevant as a working professional or researcher. I learned this the hard way.