There is the anti discussion, about where to know is to be ruined in some way, which is valid, the inference I get is that there is merit in engineering your approach to a career in engineering, and for some fickle few that clearly works, everybody else has to self decieve or seek help in that, or the world would grind to a halt. The game is stacked for those who can chanell there primal urges into abstractions and other disiplined outlets, the rest end up represed , acting out or some combination that is less "efficient"

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boogieknite 6 days ago | parent [-]

if i understand your eloquence i think youre right that im lucky to apply my kind of "crazy" (tfa) for money

i recently spoke with an extended family member who works a secure 9-5 job for which they are paid well, requires little effort, is physically active but not taxing. they feel pressured by society or internal expectations to reach for something more challenging

they are young and asked if i have advice. i told them them are in an ideal situation and not to care so much about work. they can consider that box checked and seek satisfaction outside collecting paychecks

this is like a lifelong smoker telling their relative never to smoke. programming is my biggest hobby

	▲	BobbyTables2 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		I also picked my profession because it’s what I always liked and wanted to do. I dreamt of going to college just to learn the things I wanted to know, not to make money. Even imagined learning them and then finding a job don g something else. Was just very fortunate that it ended up in a lucrative field. One relative tried to persuade me to go into medicine or law to make more. Put it as “you’re going to work the same hours so might as well be better paid.” So glad I didn’t take their advice…