Many people in finance, sales and management feel their jobs are pointless

Re:Many people in finance, sales and management feel their j... by bovermyer on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @01:47PM (#36974287)

If I didn't have to work, I would spend a lot of time building things (whether code things or physical things).

I know people who, if they didn't have to work, would just sit around binging TV all day.

I also know people who, if they didn't have to work, would probably somehow discover faster-than-light travel or solve world hunger or something.

It might not be culture. It might be personality that determines what we do in "idleness." More likely, it's a mix of both.

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Re:Many people in finance, sales and management feel their j... by dbalatero on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @01:50PM (#36974331)

I think I'd do both, depending on the week.

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Re:Many people in finance, sales and management feel their j... by wredue on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @03:07PM (#36975548)

Yeah. Even when I am taking my mandatory time off work, I spend it coding things.

Lots of people project this “you just want to be lazy”, but honestly, that’s not it at all. Hordes of people cannot just sit around and watch tv, as is demonstrated by the wealth of people who retire and then become extremely bored.

Contributing where you want to contribute is a very much different thing than just wanting to be lazy.

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Re:Many people in finance, sales and management feel their j... by intelVISA on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @06:26PM (#36978617)

Same, my post-it wall of to-do projects that would reshape CS only grows and yet my time just gets soaked up by meetings and trivia. :(

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