Tell HN: Beware 'Ungrowth' in Your Job

Re:Tell HN: Beware 'Ungrowth' in Your Job by mindcrime on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @01:41PM (#33251132)

But it doesn't matter what you think my duties are. And it didn't matter what my manager thought my duties were. It mattered what I thought they were. And on that day, considering the circumstances (some shit job I'm working for barely more than minimum wage as I work my way through college) I chose to decide that sweeping the parking lot was not an acceptable duty. Maybe I would have chosen differently if I'd desperately needed that job to feed a family, but that just goes to show that our lines are somewhat situation dependent.

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Re:Tell HN: Beware 'Ungrowth' in Your Job by P5fRxh5kUvp2th on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @03:18PM (#33252494)

I'm sure you're a hoot to work with, but personally I'd rather be around people who have the humbleness to avoid thinking sweeping a parking lot was beneath them.

If you can't take pride in a job well done as a store clerk, why the hell does anyone think you'll take pride in a job well done as a developer? That motivation is internal.

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Re:Tell HN: Beware 'Ungrowth' in Your Job by adave on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @07:00PM (#33255210)

Seriously you must be so fun to work with.It's a person's choice and there is no pride in being a low paid worker, get over yourself.

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Re:Tell HN: Beware 'Ungrowth' in Your Job by abiloe on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @10:54PM (#33256960)

> If you can't take pride in a job well done as a store clerk, why the hell does anyone think you'll take pride in a job well done as a developer? That motivation is internal.

This is an absurd argument. They have nothing to do with each other. If you'd rather be a store clerk then why should expect you to have much motivation or competence to be a developer?

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Re:Tell HN: Beware 'Ungrowth' in Your Job by RobRivera on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @03:46PM (#33252856)

I'm getting the impression many are not entering into good faith discussion on understanding your perspective and attempting to not only invalidate your experience, but to also cast judgement.

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Re:Tell HN: Beware 'Ungrowth' in Your Job by mindcrime on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @03:55PM (#33252950)

This is HN, it's expected. :-)

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Re:Tell HN: Beware 'Ungrowth' in Your Job by adave on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @06:59PM (#33255203)

Yeah these people have not worked these jobs and the type of thing workers already have to do on the regular like cleaning pee on the shop floor. I agree cleaning that parking lot was a power control move and things just would have gotten worse as they were probably going to use you to make an example of.

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Re:Tell HN: Beware 'Ungrowth' in Your Job by P5fRxh5kUvp2th on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @07:29PM (#33255493)

wrong. I've been homeless and have worked many many factory jobs in my life, including chicken factories and I promise you that shit is worse than sweeping up pee from a floor.

There's a word for people who throw tantrum's and walk off of a clerk job because they were asked to sweep a parking lot: privileged.

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