Charles Bukowski: The Slavery of the 9 to 5

Re:Charles Bukowski: The Slavery of the 9 to 5 by kafkaesq on Monday January 23, 2017 @06:05PM (#13467073)

You need to feel you accomplish something every day, and (good) work does that.

That's great for you, but of course Bukowski wasn't thinking of the "have your cake and eat it, too" world of tech workers in 2017 (who are generally overpaid and/or get to do what they love most of the time -- and quite often, subject to both fates).

But rather, you know, regular people.

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Re:Charles Bukowski: The Slavery of the 9 to 5 by sidlls on Monday January 23, 2017 @07:18PM (#13467663)

Tech workers are not overpaid.

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Re:Charles Bukowski: The Slavery of the 9 to 5 by rak00n on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @01:57AM (#13469370)

He probably wanted to say they're paid above average. In the same way doctors are not overpaid.

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Re:Charles Bukowski: The Slavery of the 9 to 5 by sidlls on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @02:08AM (#13469411)

In America at least there is an artificial scarcity of doctors, so that that comparison isn't fair.

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Re:Charles Bukowski: The Slavery of the 9 to 5 by wingworks on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @01:57AM (#13469367)

*some

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Re:Charles Bukowski: The Slavery of the 9 to 5 by iopq on Monday January 23, 2017 @07:06PM (#13467569)

I don't like doing tech work, it's really repetitive and you don't get to work on what you want.

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