Comment by withinboredom
4 years ago
Sure you can quit. But often these “bs jobs” are a form of scope creep so you face the thought that eventually, it may change.
4 years ago
Sure you can quit. But often these “bs jobs” are a form of scope creep so you face the thought that eventually, it may change.
Can you provide an example of a bullshit job?
The wikipedia article has examples from David Graeber https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs
Some examples: receptionists, administrative assistances, quality control officers, compliance officers, and maintainers of bloated legacy software systems.
I disagree that any of these jobs are “bullshit”. I think the most bullshit of all the jobs on that page is that author’s, who wastes society’s time listening to him complain about things he has no experience with.
I'm not totally convinced after looking at that. "duct tapers, who temporarily fix problems that could be fixed permanently, e.g., programmers repairing bloated code, airline desk staff who calm passengers whose bags do not arrive;"
Is duct taping code never optimal?
Here is the original publication of the essay: https://www.strike.coop/bullshit-jobs/
I have anecdotal evidence that it took financial circles by storm. One very well known CEO in the financial industry even wrote a book inspired by David Graeber a few years later.
Did you read the article?
Yes! However, as stated in the article, earning currency or items in videogames and reselling them have been around since the earliest days of online gaming. Plus these people are entrepreneurs working for themselves. I'm really not getting the link.
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