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How to Care About Your Job When It Doesn't Care About You

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45 points mrmatthogg | 3 comments | 24 Jun 25 02:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.635s | source
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artofpongfu ◴[24 Jun 25 17:41 UTC] No.44368723[source]▶
Personally, the moment I started working was the moment I knew I needed to become free at some point. Jobs come and go, sometimes they're quite enjoyable, but you're always one bad boss, one health condition, one recession away from living a nightmare. The solution to me is not to interview "as a hobby", that also sounds like a nightmare. The solution is to get out by any means possible, or at least work towards the ability to get out when the need arrives.
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1. azemetre ◴[24 Jun 25 18:00 UTC] No.44368926[source]▶
What should the other 90% of the population due? Buy lottery tickets?
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2. artofpongfu ◴[24 Jun 25 20:35 UTC] No.44370739[source]▶
Not all advice have to applicable to 100% of the population. If you're on HN reading this you are most likely in the 10%, and you probably have some room to save money, or prepare to start your own business. If needing a job bothers you that is, some people I know don't seem to mind all that much it seems.
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3. riehwvfbk ◴[25 Jun 25 12:14 UTC] No.44376386[source]▶
You drastically overestimate the value and skill of the average code monkey (and I include myself in this illustrious 10% sitting at a typewriter all day).