Re:Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009)
by greyhair on Thursday August 22, 2019 @11:44AM
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Agree. Ever have to stand waist deep in cow shit? I have. One of the things that encouraged me to go back to college. After the farm job I twisted wrenches for a living. Six day fifty hour weeks were the norm, the pay was meh, and I had over $8K of my own money invested in tools at the end.
Yes, this career has been awesome. Awesome, and fun. Non-stop learning the entire time.
Re:Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009)
by sillyquiet on Thursday August 22, 2019 @03:52PM
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Neither your point nor the parent's here make the case that being a developer is the 'easiest' job.
Re:Preindustrial workers worked fewer hours than today's (2009)
by sillyquiet on Thursday August 22, 2019 @03:52PM
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Yes - I have. I worked construction; worked on a loading dock; drove a delivery truck for bulk freight. Not having to do manual labor doesn't make a job 'easy' though. And certainly not the 'easiest'
Ever done manual labor? Or something that requires both intense manual labor and intellectual problem solving, like carpentry or many of the building trades?
Or think about all the various fields that require intense intellectual output, with nothing like the rewards and security of software engineering.
We've got it good. Though, really, the ideal would be for all workers to be treated more like we are, and less like replaceable, abusable cogs in a machine.