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Re:Charles Bukowski: The Slavery of the 9 to 5 by amelius on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @04:44AM (#13469999)
I think the problem of many engineers is that they think that they do not need to take part in low or dirty practices of business. They think: "I'm smarter, and if I just do my job, I don't need to play dirty games to be successful." However, reality does not agree, unfortunately. On the other hand, many engineers get to have very intellectually fulfilling jobs.
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Re:Charles Bukowski: The Slavery of the 9 to 5 by joe563323 on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @05:38AM (#13470267)
> many engineers get to have very intellectually fulfilling jobs.

As long as it is a job it is a form of slavery.

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Re:Charles Bukowski: The Slavery of the 9 to 5 by easuter on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @12:53PM (#13473679)
> As long as it is a job it is a form of slavery

How is it a form of slavery if you're earning a decent wage and can leave any time you want?

Pull your head out of your arse and grow up.

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Re:Charles Bukowski: The Slavery of the 9 to 5 by joe563323 on Saturday January 28, 2017 @04:01PM (#13509275)
> can leave any time you want?

Leave one master to serve another master.

> Pull your head out of your arse and grow up

This is the worst thing about modern slavery. People are not even aware of it. Wake up.

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Re:Charles Bukowski: The Slavery of the 9 to 5 by theonemind on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @06:25AM (#13470512)
Well, I'd say, by and large, they don't have to. They can probably earn enough without doing so. It probably does cost not to, however, quite a lot, which some engineers can afford.
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