>"If you work at a for-profit corporation, your job will be pointless, because the only reason it exists is to generate profits. It's as simple as that."

I certainly understand and can empathize with being jaded about corporate greed, but I don't follow your reasoning on this one. It implies the only jobs that are not pointless are those that don't generate profit?

I think they're implying that the job is pointless to the worker.

I don't think a worker's sentiments about a job are contingent on rationalization that the job's end result is useful/justified.

If you pressed a red button all day knowing that it would provide value or save lives, it would still "feel" meaningless.

I truly would be working on software in my spare time (and I do!) even if it was not my career. So it is possible to have both a job that is fulfilling and provides.

I don't take for granted that this is not common, but it is possible. I can earnestly say I like what I do

I agree in most of your comment except that it's an overly pessimistic take, in my view. You can still get jobs outside the corporate/capitalism driven Sodom that aren't soul-crushingly pointless and boring.

As someone who spent a past life doing reporting and compliance for non-profits, I assure you meaningless work exists outside the private sector.

This is circular reasoning. The only reason it "generates profits" is that it satisfies a demand, from the public.

Profit being pointless is a weird take. You realize that generating profit generally means people are willing to forgo other things in order to obtain good or services you're providing, right?

If anything, I see profit as a signal that what I'm doing isn't pointless, by virtue of people willingness to pay for it.