โฒ 391 โผ How many hours a day do you actually work? (sh.itjust.works) submitted 2 years ago by newIdentity@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml 238 comments fedilink hide all child comments I should actually be working 8h a day, but most of it is spend not working. If I'm honest I'm probably working more like 3h a day even though I enjoy my job.
[โ] Risk@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm not sure you could be more condescending if you tried. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It's not condescending. Some jobs are about using your brain, some are about using your body. Some are about both. Software dev is not about both. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Risk@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yes, it is condescending as you belittle the 'brain' role for the aforementioned jobs in retail, hospitality, healthcare, etcetera. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] peter@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago I don't think they were trying to belettile it. It's not to say that you don't need to use your brain or solve problems in a factory or in a shop. I think what they were trying to say is that those jobs are often quite a lot of physical tasks that take time whereas programming is nothing physical but almost entirely problem solving permalink fedilink source parent [โ] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I didn't belittle anything. Some jobs are more mentally taxing, some are more physically taxing. I'm not claiming one is "better" than the other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The jobs you think are not mentally taxing? They actually are very mentally taxing. AND physically taxing. You're just trying to make it sound "fair" in your head. But it's not. You don't work as hard. And that's good, you're lucky, enjoy your good fortune. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It's not condescending. Some jobs are about using your brain, some are about using your body. Some are about both. Software dev is not about both. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Risk@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yes, it is condescending as you belittle the 'brain' role for the aforementioned jobs in retail, hospitality, healthcare, etcetera. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] peter@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago I don't think they were trying to belettile it. It's not to say that you don't need to use your brain or solve problems in a factory or in a shop. I think what they were trying to say is that those jobs are often quite a lot of physical tasks that take time whereas programming is nothing physical but almost entirely problem solving permalink fedilink source parent [โ] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I didn't belittle anything. Some jobs are more mentally taxing, some are more physically taxing. I'm not claiming one is "better" than the other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The jobs you think are not mentally taxing? They actually are very mentally taxing. AND physically taxing. You're just trying to make it sound "fair" in your head. But it's not. You don't work as hard. And that's good, you're lucky, enjoy your good fortune. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Risk@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yes, it is condescending as you belittle the 'brain' role for the aforementioned jobs in retail, hospitality, healthcare, etcetera. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] peter@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago I don't think they were trying to belettile it. It's not to say that you don't need to use your brain or solve problems in a factory or in a shop. I think what they were trying to say is that those jobs are often quite a lot of physical tasks that take time whereas programming is nothing physical but almost entirely problem solving permalink fedilink source parent [โ] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I didn't belittle anything. Some jobs are more mentally taxing, some are more physically taxing. I'm not claiming one is "better" than the other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The jobs you think are not mentally taxing? They actually are very mentally taxing. AND physically taxing. You're just trying to make it sound "fair" in your head. But it's not. You don't work as hard. And that's good, you're lucky, enjoy your good fortune. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] peter@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago I don't think they were trying to belettile it. It's not to say that you don't need to use your brain or solve problems in a factory or in a shop. I think what they were trying to say is that those jobs are often quite a lot of physical tasks that take time whereas programming is nothing physical but almost entirely problem solving permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I didn't belittle anything. Some jobs are more mentally taxing, some are more physically taxing. I'm not claiming one is "better" than the other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The jobs you think are not mentally taxing? They actually are very mentally taxing. AND physically taxing. You're just trying to make it sound "fair" in your head. But it's not. You don't work as hard. And that's good, you're lucky, enjoy your good fortune. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The jobs you think are not mentally taxing? They actually are very mentally taxing. AND physically taxing. You're just trying to make it sound "fair" in your head. But it's not. You don't work as hard. And that's good, you're lucky, enjoy your good fortune. permalink fedilink source parent