Re:Should you Work Hard? (2019)
by sershe on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @10:42PM
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Working "for money" and "for the dreams of others" are not mutually exclusive. Every canonical non-tech immigrant success story involves either working crappy jobs, or starting a boring low-margin business like a grocery store or a dry-cleaner in order to provide better future for your family. It also applies in tech, although it's easier to find a job that still pays ok where you don't have to work too hard.
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Altman was referring to people being not willing to work long hours in tech; I am confident he was not referring to movers, janitors, immigrants who come from dire living conditions et similia, since I doubt he ever interacted with any of them for more than 5 minutes in his life.
I remember when reading the Away drama that I was stunned reading that customer service representative were making less than 50k in NYC and had to tolerate the verbal and emotional abuse of a power-tripping clueless executive for 12-14 hours a day. That's hard work for the dreams of others. And it is never the hard work, it is lack of agency and feeling one's fate depending on the mood of (often) lunatics.