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Re:The Riddle of the Well-Paying, Pointless Job (2019) by pmoriarty on Friday June 16, 2023 @10:53AM (#36357567)
"The trick is to do less and less of the shit you don’t like doing as you age, sorry I mean as you gain experience."

So this is why the people who've climbed the corporate ladder don't seem to jack shit?

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Re:The Riddle of the Well-Paying, Pointless Job (2019) by Swizec on Friday June 16, 2023 @11:45AM (#36358596)
No, that’s because a lot (even most) of their time gets sucked into glue work.

Every time you ask someone a question, they answer. Great! Takes 5 minutes right? What you don’t see are the other 30 people doing the same thing.

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