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Re:The Decline of Computers as a General Purpose Technology ... by JohnFen on Sunday October 22, 2023 @12:42PM (#37976905)
I was a janitor for a long time in my younger years, and I actually did find it enjoyable and fulfilling. Just sayin'.
Re:The Decline of Computers as a General Purpose Technology ... by ethbr1 on Monday October 23, 2023 @07:55AM (#37984418)
What did you enjoy about it? Curious!
Re:The Decline of Computers as a General Purpose Technology ... by JohnFen on Monday October 23, 2023 @09:46AM (#37985552)
I enjoyed that what I did made a real impact on people, I enjoyed the sense of satisfaction from making a space nice again, and I enjoyed that it wasn't intellectually demanding, which gave me plenty of time every workday to think about hard programming problems.

There's a real sense of accomplishment in it, and it's nice that people can immediately see and enjoy the results of your hard work. There's also something about doing manual labor that is satisfying.

And I enjoyed being "invisible" around people who used the spaces I cleaned. You usually don't exist, so people tend to continue to speak to each other as if nobody else is listening. I learned a lot about people that way.