[Thread] Do you find purpose in your work?
Lately, seeing many posts on Grapevine around work being transactional. Something where you put in X hours and get paid Y. It can possibly mean a combination of two things:
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They're not emotionally vested in the work they do everyday. Perhaps, something else interests them more.
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They're several degrees of connection away from the impact they make. Imagine a Backend Engineer, who corresponds with their EM who in-turn corresponds to the Product team who in turn talk with the users. Essentially, the backend engineer is 2 degrees away from the users. In most large organisations you can be 5+ degrees of connection away from the people you impact. Hence, they feel that the work they do is not purposeful enough.
What do you all think about this? Do you find your work purposeful?
Purpose in work? I don't even know the purpose of my life.
I love what I do and chose it when I had options, but sometimes I think I should switch to another sector to earn more money. Everything feels fuckedup sometimes, so I don't dwell on it too much.
Btw, 70 hours/week debate is nonsense, initiated by some random old-fashioned uncle who want to earn more billions. I would argue that people working at Infosys and Wipro, with the salaries they receive, should only work 15-20 hours a week and use the rest of their time to pursue their own interests or contribute to making the world a better place.
@President_Trump Actually insane but true.
Feeling purposeful after starting working in the healthcare domain. Always wanted to be a doctor but was diagnosed with color blindness in school which shut down all medical and military career paths.
Picked up CS and ended up here. I genuinely feel what I do helps some people in some ways and feel like pushing myself to do more but I always remind myself that my colleagues might not share the same mindset and it would be unfair to push them too.
@GrimBeard75 You are truly correct here tbh.