The harder I work the less I'm paid

2ugly2live

I make the most I've ever made in my adult life and I am doing the least I've ever done in my adult life. Checks out.

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Funny, a variation of this song came on my Pandora station immediately after I read this comment.

Queen HawlSera

Sometimes I think about American Beauty. I love that film, but I always have to warn people that it's the "Best movie that aged horribly."

(I mean except for the films like Dazed and Confused which were intended to be contemporary, but are so of their time that they accidentally made a period piece)

There's just so many reasons why it doesn't line up with reality. (First time I saw it I laughed at the idea of "secret government weed" in a film that wasn't a stoner comedy, and the fact that they cast a busty actress for the girl who wants a boobjob and a not-so-busty one for the one who doesn't.. Which I guess could work as commentary, but the way the movie plays it not so much.), but two that really stand out

Kevin Spacey playing a man who not-so-secretly longs for his (teenage) daughter's (underage) friend in a lustful manner
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and is finally able to court her near the climax of the film. (To be fair, he realizes what he's doing is wrong and doesn't go through with it)
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At one point, after realizing he isn't happy working hard for an American Dream he has grown bored of quits his job. This is fresh on the heels of the realization that he can maintain his lifestyle (Suburban house, husband and wife have their own car, only one member of the household works) by working a stress-free no responsibility job as a McDonalds Fry Cook.

Honestly the second one is far more shocking and offensive.

Queen HawlSera

Heck I'm just the janitor for a wealthy company and for the first time it's a gig where I don't hate everyone and everything because of my job.

I still hate everyone and everything, but that has more to do with my pay than the work involved.

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Yeah he does good stuff

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reference for those who don't know

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<And only way to get there is to spend some serious time on studying and working hard.

Naw, you just need a skill that's in high demand with low amount of qualified or interested individuals. You had it right in the first half. I make decent money and learned everything on the job. I was just willing to do boring data and implementation work that others seem to shy away from.

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Just start one of these ai Saas companies that market to small units of government and hire some sales people who will promise the world. Eventually your service will just be forgotten about, bit they'll still continue paying the monthly fees.

qaz

What do you do? (You don't need to be specific)

sunzu2

This is also a privilege, most people don't break out from endless toil for daddy

2ugly2live

Ain't that the truth.

Juki

As someone who has crossed over both and currently working in games, it's actually kind of wild how different a mindset games are. It takes a very specific skillset even in software engineering and there are unique challenges to both sides of the fence. Crossing over is not quite as easily transferable as you'd think