That's pretty shit
Do you live to work or work to live?

I used to be the former, but am much happier now it is the latter.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:52, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I've always been very strictly the latter.
The idea that you can be defined by the way you pay for your home and food is fucking laughable but endemic in society. On the rare occasion I meet new people, the 'so what do you do?' question always comes up. I'd rather know 'what are you interested in? what makes you tick?' etc but I appear to be in the minority.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 11:05, Reply)

butting in
you're not the only one
(maggotriddendirtbox fast, feral and sharp as a tack since, Sun 17 Jan 2010, 2:41, Reply)

in my industry there seems to be an expectation that you will do the former
engineer isn't what you do, it's what you are.

fuck that shit.

it pays the bills and it's not too dull. if I could find something that would pay the same and be less boring or have less responsibility I would snap it up, despite my clearly engineering brain
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 11:07, Reply)

Engineers are a special case
You couldn't change engineer for accountant or solicitor in your statement.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 11:14, Reply)

most accountants are people who trained as something else
then found out it didn't pay enough, so became accountants.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 11:16, Reply)

and consequently much duller

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 11:22, Reply)