I wish I could teach the world this. Working hard doesn’t matter. Creating value does.
It’s just that 50 years ago the link between working physically hard and creating value was much closer than it is today with computers and modern tech.
Does an engineer working remotely pushing keys all day work ‘harder’ than a janitor? Of course not, but he can create a lot more value for end consumers.
There are insane coding geniuses that automate all their processes and sit at home playing Runescape who make insanely large amounts of money, because they do things literally nobody else can do.
I didn’t really believe that until recently. That’s what my cousin’s husband does lol. He’s automated about 70% of his fully remote job and spends most his time on the clock playing video games or watching Netflix and he makes great money. He only does like 2-4 hours of actual work each week.
Similar, I discovered when an old timer coworker went on vacation, and I had to get something done that was in his responsibilities, that he did something very simple once a week (that he said took all week). I scripted it in 20m. He was ultra pissed when he returned and made up all kinds of reasons my way of doing it was wrong, despite the commands in the Linux terminal logs even being the exact same he used. Turns out others knew already that he had a wireless hotspot and a tablet and watched Netflix/porn all day in his cube. His cube was old-school and 8ft tall with no windows and his desk was facing the entry, which was a switchback. I've only seen these 80s monsters at IBM, and they were from the 80s. He didn't get fired in my tenure, and I didn't go to management about it, but they definitely heard him complaining about my "shoddy" work.
16
u/SANcapITY 9d ago
I wish I could teach the world this. Working hard doesn’t matter. Creating value does.
It’s just that 50 years ago the link between working physically hard and creating value was much closer than it is today with computers and modern tech.
Does an engineer working remotely pushing keys all day work ‘harder’ than a janitor? Of course not, but he can create a lot more value for end consumers.