The Futile Search for the Bullsh*t-Less Job
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The Futile Search for the Bullsh*t-Less Job
One of the saddest predicaments of the current millennial moment is feeling desperate for something that isn’t work, but having no clue how do figure out what else there is.
Different ages, different responses
People in their fifties wrote about wasted decades. They'd invested everything in careers that turned out to be nothing. Too late to pivot, too early to retire.
Twenty-somethings were relieved. They've never believed in corporate careers anyway. One wrote: "My parents think I lack ambition because I don't want to ... See more
People in their fifties wrote about wasted decades. They'd invested everything in careers that turned out to be nothing. Too late to pivot, too early to retire.
Twenty-somethings were relieved. They've never believed in corporate careers anyway. One wrote: "My parents think I lack ambition because I don't want to ... See more
The death of the corporate job: Part 2
I’ve been rereading the late anthropologist David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs, which persuasively makes the case that the corporate world is happy to nurture inefficient or wasteful jobs if they somehow serve the managerial class or flatter elites—while encouraging the public to harbor animosity at those who do rewarding work or work that clearly benef... See more