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TonyOstrich@lemmy.zip 2 weeks agoI actually think that might be a good thing. I’d still chose to be an engineer in that scenario. Something that’s bothered me for a while are people in professions because they pay well not because they are good at them or enjoy them. I don’t blame the person, they are just trying to support themselves and their family in this one life they have to live. I’m bothered by the system that forces them to make that decision.
BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What if you don’t have enough engineers to do crucial work? What people want to do in general doesn’t have to be aligned with what is needed. Financial incentives are there to reward people for picking career path that is needed. If every wage is the same you have no incentives and you’ll get misalignment.
TonyOstrich@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
You say that, but I really don’t think the current incentive structure is working AT ALL. The amount of work and problems I have seen and also been able to solve with a small group of people who really cared has been orders more than the amount of work that has been accomplished when the organization is mixed with people who are there because they were told the money was good. Bodies don’t solve problems, if anything they create problems.
Teaching is an excellent example. Teachers should be paid way more than I get paid way more than I do considering how foundational they are to the the development and future of our society and yet they are paid significantly less and treated quite poorly. While that has been true for a not insignificant amount of time, it is only very recently that the negatives of the job have outweighed the passion a lot of people had for it.
I’m not saying I have all the answers, and I’m faaaaarrrr from an atypical human being, but at least in most of the jobs I have ever worked in I would find my work easier and more productive with fewer people who really wanted to be there, and I myself find doing nothing more exhausting and draining than being busy. If I don’t have work or problems to solve I’ll find them because I enjoy doing them.