• SuiXi3D@fedia.io
    62·
    2 months ago

    Bruh, I just had an interview with AMD today. Fingers crossed, because it is literally my dream job.

      • SuiXi3D@fedia.io
        28·
        2 months ago

        I’d be in their lab, reworking customer reference boards, working directly under one of their engineers. I never got the chance to go to college, and to get to this point is amazing. I’m deeply passionate about tech, and I’m super excited about this opportunity.

    • clonedhuman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      2 months ago

      100%

      We never truly have a choice where to work unless we also have the choice not to work.

  • Engywook@lemm.ee
    11·
    2 months ago

    I’m doing my dream job and I feel like shit anyway. So I guess my dreams were a bit off.

  • Godnroc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    132·
    2 months ago

    Jobs don’t bring happiness. You might find laboring towards a goal satisfying, but don’t confuse that feeling with job satisfaction.

    • CalipherJones@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 months ago

      Depends on the person and the job. Thomas Edison loved his work to the point of being essentially addicted.

      • clonedhuman@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        How much actual power do you have in this regard?

        Did you get to choose your job? Can you also choose not to have a job?

        • slackassassin@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          2 months ago

          If we’re questioning the matter of free will or material circumstance, then that’s a separate conversation.

          But I get to choose whether I find joy in the job I chose and whether that amounts to job satisfaction. Yes. I’m allowed to find happiness in whatever I want.

    • Engywook@lemm.ee
      2·
      2 months ago

      I’d enjoy a job that actually ends at 5 PM, when you leave to go home and forget about it until the next day.

    • secret300@lemmy.sdf.org
      1·
      2 months ago

      Facts. I have a job right now where I work 8 hours Friday then 16 and 16 Saturday Sunday. But for the rest of the week I’m completely off I could do whatever I want.

  • CH3DD4R_G0B-L1N@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    72·
    2 months ago

    Here’s a secret: the left path doesn’t exist. I have a great job that I love the actual work of. But people and bullshit beyond the minutiae get in the way and make me unhappy. I suspect every job is like that, I cannot fathom anything that isn’t. I imagine any answer to the contrary is backed up by independent wealth or outside funding. But please prove me wrong. Give me hope.

    • bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de
      2·
      2 months ago

      Here is some hope: You have a great job and you love the actual work! Some aspects of it are bullshit, some of the time at work you spend on mandatory bullshit, and bullshitters who detract from your happiness exist all around the world, in every industry. But: All that doesn’t completely cancel out the love you still have for your work - otherwise you wouldn’t have phrased it that way, would you? Also a slice of good news is, you have some degree of control over how much you let the shitty aspects cancel out the good things. Admittedly, the control is never 100%. And sometimes, the bullshit and frustration can get overwhelming and does have the power to tip the balance into a minus. That’s when it’s time to leave. Prepare to ge into a new, more rewarding field now. That will give you a choice when you feel the moment has come (probably it’s when you keep saying the above sentence to people in the past tense).

    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      I enjoy my current job but the management and benefits suck badly enough that I’ll be hopping away ASAP.

      My last job paid a bit less than they ideally should have but was super chill, had amazing management and was super flexible, but their new owners laid everyone off to relocate the HQ

      I’m currently negotiating with my old boss as they want to bring me back so we’ll see if I can make this all work out in my favor…

    • blady_blah@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      I think I’m lucky, but I also have both. I enjoy what I do and I make good money. They still have to pay me to do it, I wouldn’t do it for free, but overall I love it.

      (Engineering manager for R&D at a small / mid-sized company)

    • blady_blah@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      It’s really looking at a delayed gratification scenario. You hate working but make good money and then eventually you enjoy having money. In the end, it can be a lot of suffering for the long term money.