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I should actually be working 8h a day, but most of it is spend not working. If I'm honest I'm probably working more like 3h a day even though I enjoy my job.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, it is condescending as you belittle the 'brain' role for the aforementioned jobs in retail, hospitality, healthcare, etcetera.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think they were trying to belettile it. It's not to say that you don't need to use your brain or solve problems in a factory or in a shop. I think what they were trying to say is that those jobs are often quite a lot of physical tasks that take time whereas programming is nothing physical but almost entirely problem solving

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't belittle anything. Some jobs are more mentally taxing, some are more physically taxing. I'm not claiming one is "better" than the other.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The jobs you think are not mentally taxing? They actually are very mentally taxing. AND physically taxing.

You're just trying to make it sound "fair" in your head. But it's not. You don't work as hard. And that's good, you're lucky, enjoy your good fortune.