Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the least real work possible?

Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by DougN7 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @07:37AM (#26723358)

This sounds like a job a friend has in city government (in the midwest US). They have to look busy but in the end it sounds like they really don’t do a whole lot (he’s the manager and knows they don’t have much to do but has to maintain head count).

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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by beastman82 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @07:55AM (#26723517)

This was my experience with government work and is why I'm now an advocate for small government.

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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by hanniabu on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @08:44AM (#26724002)

"Small government" and a small government are not the same thing

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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by sudosysgen on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @11:41AM (#26726501)

The hilarity is when you realize that with all this inefficiency government still often does a better job that smaller government or private enterprise.

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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by Frazmatazz on Thursday April 08, 2021 @07:51PM (#26745198)

The same thing happens at private enterprise because free market incentives don't apply internally; i.e. if I double my productivity it won't actually affect my income at all.

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