Comment by bawolff

Interesting, but i feel like it kind of assumes that people are more intentional about their job choices then they are.

For a lot of people, they do the job they have because they have limited choices and need money to live.

We often picture this for minimum wage jobs, but i think its also true for more high status jobs.

I'm a computer programmer. Sometimes i like it and sometimes i don't, but at the end of the day its the only job i have the skills for. Sure i could learn to do something else if i was so inclined, but it took a long time to get good at computer programming, im not exactly eager to start that process over.

On days where im feeling frustrated, i might say i want a different job. If someone asked me what, i'd probably give some bullshit answer like run a coffee shop (except i hate customer service, so my go to fantasy is tree planter). But at the end of the day its a fantasy. I know i dont really want to do that. Nobody needs to unpack that for me to know that. I just am having a bad day and want to fantasize about the literal opposite.