> there'd be just as many people thinking "I'm stuck outside doing manual labor planting trees
Then we could trade jobs for a while. Part of the problem (for us knowledge workers) is that we get pidgeonholed into doing one thing because that's where we have enough experience to convince someone to pay us to work on their thing. Not to mention that switching jobs or taking breaks is more annoying than it ought to be because health insurance and other benefits are tied to employment.
> Someone out there is deriving value from the android app you're debugging
The CEO. Who already has enough money that he could retire if he wanted. I don't think people in general would miss our buggy app if it disappeared tomorrow. I do miss the trees when they disappear, though.
Then we could trade jobs for a while. Part of the problem (for us knowledge workers) is that we get pidgeonholed into doing one thing because that's where we have enough experience to convince someone to pay us to work on their thing. Not to mention that switching jobs or taking breaks is more annoying than it ought to be because health insurance and other benefits are tied to employment.
> Someone out there is deriving value from the android app you're debugging
The CEO. Who already has enough money that he could retire if he wanted. I don't think people in general would miss our buggy app if it disappeared tomorrow. I do miss the trees when they disappear, though.