Comment by chubot
2 days ago
> people don't talk about it socially either
Yeah totally, and I'd say that's exactly because of "status", which is mentioned:
High-status professions are the hardest ones to unpack
Status is the thing people tend to communicate socially, not what they actually do day to day
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I remember a pg line that cuts to the core of this:
It might be a good rule simply to avoid any prestigious task. If it didn't suck, they wouldn't have had to make it prestigious.
How To Do What You Love - https://paulgraham.com/love.html
It seems like a good rule to me ...
sometimes its the power that makes the prestige though.
Power is often just an alternative method of paying people.
Then it’s a job you will struggle to keep your soul doing.