People don't work as much as they say

Re:People don't work as much as they say by jseban on Saturday January 29, 2022 @06:50AM (#30125616)

> No, they - in general - do not.

Yes they do. I'm both a musician and a software developer and the difference in social prestige is night and day, depending on how I present myself.

You're trying to refute the statement that musicians and artists get a lot of social prestige, by stating that they make little money and do work that's not glamorous, and that's irrelevant, it's rather actually part of what gives it prestige.

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Re:People don't work as much as they say by throwaway675309 on Saturday January 29, 2022 @08:47PM (#30132930)

I think it depends on how you define the word prestige. I work as a software engineer but also freelance composing music for mobile games, I wouldn't say that people are exactly "in awe" of what I do in either situation. Neither job is particularly difficult.

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Re:People don't work as much as they say by jseban on Sunday January 30, 2022 @05:40AM (#30135690)

It's because you are not performing, it's the performance that's the awe inspiring part.

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