Right? Mine involves sitting in front of a computer. I'm thinking of getting a part time job at a moving company just so I can get some excercise
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corus_kt@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’d love to have this ‘wagecuck’ warehouse job, mine is just so soul draining day by day
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 5 months ago
kautau@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’ve been writing software professionally for almost 15 years. I’ve never hated writing software, it’s something I really enjoy. But I’ve gotten to the point where I vehemently hate the industry. It’s horribly cutthroat, driven by pure capitalism and there’s never any incentive to do something cool or novel unless it grows profits in a quarter. The problem now, is that participating in the open source community is wading into a den of toxicity. So many people are using or contributing to open source software with the pure goal of financial gain, and they are toxic parasites. Scroll through comments in GitHub issues on popular projects and they are everywhere. What started as a fun way to collaborate on projects where people would work together to build cool things has turned into a cesspool of bickering. I’m tired. Tired of the industry, and tired of the fact that software has just become an idea for “get rich quick” schemes for so many.
GluWu@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Wanna start a farm?
ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 5 months ago
My dad was an executive for a large telecom company in the 90s and 2000s. A lot of the other executives would actually start a farm… like alpacas lol. The CFO of the company started a hydroponic farm (not a drug one)
I don’t think what you’re saying is all that silly, seriously.
smeg@feddit.uk 5 months ago
Sounds like your problem is with the specific industry you’re in, not software in general. Move out of finance or startups or wherever it is that’s so cutthroat and find a long established company that’s not in danger of going out of business on one bad quarter. The industry might not be as interesting but the work will be, and the pay might not be as high but the quality of life will improve!
EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 5 months ago
Start ups tend to be the least cut throat since they’re flush with cash. They’ve got their own issues though.
It’s larger orgs where you get the status chasing middle management layer.
rambaroo@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’m at one of those companies and they’re just as greedy and cutthroat as anyone else. I really can’t imagine why you think that’s limited to fintech or startups.
Damage@feddit.it 5 months ago
Ride a bicycle, it’s healthier than moving furniture
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Who is going to pay them for that?
NABDad@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Get a treadmill desk.
KingJalopy@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Op is still on a high that comes with doing literally anything new. His soul won’t last, don’t worry.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 5 months ago
His job sounds chill as fuck. If your soul can’t handle that sort of work then what can it even handle
FrostyTrichs@lemmy.world 5 months ago
For a lot of people boredom and lack of satisfaction in the job will kick in shortly after the new excitement wears off.
Jobs that have lots of idle time often lead to annoyance and frustration that you have to continue to be there without much to do. Everyone is different though, some people probably enjoy it.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Same people complaining about boredom would probably next complain about there beint too much to do.
Feidry@lemmy.world 5 months ago
This is exactly me. I spend most of my workday on my phone, doom scrolling. There might be an hour of actual work to do on a given day. It’s driving me insane and my neck is really starting to bother me from staring at my phone all day. I’m in the interviewing process for something different, so there’s a light at the end of the tunnel but it’s still pretty dark in here.
ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Yeah I worked a job which security clearances were needed. Spent a lot of the week in the parking lot waiting for clearances to push through. Very boring and by the time you got in you didn’t feel like working anymore.
CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I worked a mailroom job with only about 3-4 hours of actual work a day. I was explicitly told I was free to spend any free time however I liked, so long as I stayed nearby.
I read books, gamed a bit, learned some programming and Linux server stuff… was pretty great actually. I only ever left that job because the offer was for twice as much pay. I often still miss the free time.
Obi@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Yep I’m self employed now and still working my ass off but sometimes I day dream about just getting a job like you describe where you just have super low responsibility, simple tasks and lots of downtime. It’s a shame this usually means shitty pay, so I’m more focused on making my skills valuable enough that I can work only a few days a month.
CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I did the self-employed grind, lots of 12 hour days, lots of downtime with no work or money coming in. My wife hates instability to the point she refuses to let me invest our money anywhere (we use a managed mutual fund… ugh). This means it was get stable work or watch her hair fall out from stress, so I took what I thought would be a shit job but turned out to be a decent one.
Get this: after working that job for a bit she says “I’m worried you have no ambition”. No shit I gave up my dream to work a mailroom.