>> Wonder what this guy would say to the countless millions who toil away in factories, big box retail, and accounting offices. None of these people do this for the love of the job. They do it because it needs to be done and they get paid for it.

There's always someone doing worse than you do. I'm a programmer now but in a previous life I fed conveyor belts. I did menial jobs most of my life until I migrated and graduated (and, yep, got a student loan to repay). I thought I had it bad, but I once saw a video of a boy diving into a midden with a stick to unclog it. No joke- he dove into a big hole in the ground filled with shit. He had a rope tied round his waist and a stick.

So what do you say to that boy? "Stay where you are because think of all those countless minions who don't even have a stick"?

No, people will always want to do better. We'll always want our every working hour to be productive and fullfilling. And as well we should. We should strive to achieve that.

So, speaking as one of those countless minions, I'm glad that I could escape the Hell of One-Thousand Soul-Crushingly Meaningless Tasks, and I don't wish anyone to use my sojourn there to keep anyone in their place.