• Emi@ani.social
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    9 days ago

    I might be naive but I think people want to work, just don’t want to have a job.

    • rockerface🇺🇦@lemmy.cafe
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      9 days ago

      People (to make a sweeping generalisation) want to do stuff they’re interested in. Sometimes that’s a skill that happens to earn you money in the current system. But even if it is, turning your hobby into a job sucks the fun out of it pretty quickly. Since now you’re reliant on it to survive.

      TLDR the issue is capitalism, as per usual.

      • FishFace@piefed.social
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        9 days ago

        More than that, people want to be useful and valued, which really is the basis for a job (I’m counting parenting as a job here). Some people don’t care about that external validation and only want to do interesting stuff but a huuuuge number of people do thrive off that.

        Not me tho

      • CH3DD4R_G0B-L1N@sh.itjust.works
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        8 days ago

        Nail on head. I happen to enjoy what I do for a living as a matter of interest and satisfaction, but having it lock me in to a narrow career path at this point sucks most of the fun out of it.

  • DagwoodIII@piefed.social
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    9 days ago

    [off topic]

    I felt the same until I got injured on the job. While I was off someone pointed me at a book called ‘Discover What You Are Best At.’ Linda Gail.

    It pointed me at a job that I actually enjoyed doing. I didn’t feel it was a burning passion, but I did feel pretty good at the end of the day.