So what? Jobs aren't supposed to be fun. Lots of people depend on those boring details.

canthonytucci a day ago | parent | next [-]

I hope we can save “jobs aren’t supposed to be fun” for stuff like undertaker and grief counselor.

My feeling is making things should be mentally stimulating, and as many tedious parts that can be automated should be, so we can spend precious human thought on thinking instead of recitation.

I don’t know what you mean by the last part. Do you mean programmers depend on busy work to eat or the users depend on the human touch on the boring details?

	▲	bluefirebrand a day ago \| parent [-]
		For me there is nothing less fun than using AI to generate code Then I have to do the boring bullshit work of reviewing it and making sure it's correct? Fuck that Writing code is way more fun than reviewing other people's code

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xboxnolifes 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Saying jobs aren't supposed to be fun is akin to saying life should be dreadful. Work tends to be around half of your waking hours, usually your best and least tired half too. If anything we should be striving to make all kinds of work more enjoyable.

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exe34 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Some of us just wouldn't work if it wasn't fun. I'd let myself starve in the streets. (I have some experience with starvation from an eating disorder phase in my twenties, it's only unbearable if you have to work).

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breezybottom a day ago | parent [-]

Easy to say when you're not at risk of starving.

	▲	exe34 18 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I like how you ignored the second part of my post. I specifically included it because I knew someone would respond like this to the first part. I think it's actually feasible when you have no other options - it's my retirement plan anyway.