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>> No. 11214 Anonymous
22nd March 2017
Wednesday 1:54 pm
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I want a new job but I have no idea what. All I know is I'm tired of sitting behind a desk and pretending my day isn't dull as shit, I feel like it rots my brain through under stimulation. What I really want is something where I leave work with a personal sense of accomplishment, like my effort that day had meaning, and I'm not enough of an economic materialist for just making money to be the reward. Where do I look for inspiration?
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>> No. 11215 Anonymous
22nd March 2017
Wednesday 3:07 pm
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I design things and make them - some for me, some for customers.
Mostly, I enjoy it. Not gonna save the world, but there's a satisfaction to it.
>> No. 11216 Anonymous
22nd March 2017
Wednesday 7:23 pm
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I do repetitive and fairly menial work in a hospital, but it's in a hospital, so no matter how insignificant my tasks are, it's for The Greater Good.

I came to realise after getting this job, that what I wanted out of a job was not actually satisfaction and a feeling of accomplishment- What I really wanted is for people to stop expecting me to pretend that I did have those things. All my previous jobs have had those delusional managers and brainwashed company arse-lickers who go around like the thought police interrogating people who aren't quite behind the company's values enough or committed to the mission statement or some other goddamn terrifying programmed corporate drivel. Those are the people who make your life hell. Where I work now, everybody is refreshingly up front about the fact that they are at work to pay the bills and little else, and it really takes a load off the mind. I think the problem is that deep down they too know how utterly trivial their role is, but they have staked too much of their fragile ego upon it, resulting in a hideous level of overcompensation.

You just need a job where, even if the actual task you carry out isn't important, the sum of the organisation's parts DOES matter. The trouble is that in 90% of jobs out there, the end goal behind all the bullshit is simply selling stuff. It's inherently meaningless no matter what you do in the chain.

I'm blathering again anyway so:

>Where do I look for inspiration?

I've always found the film Office Space to be a deeply philosophical and fundamentally revealing examination of the state of employment in the contemporary period.
>> No. 11230 Anonymous
23rd March 2017
Thursday 4:20 pm
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>>11216
There is something about Office Space that could be compared to an optimistic rewriting of L’Étranger.
>> No. 11232 Anonymous
24th March 2017
Friday 3:22 am
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Health and/or Social Care for rewarding work, but be prepared for stress. Maybe try a bit of volunteering in the sector. Pick a client group which sounds interesting, mental health, older people, drugs and alcohol, homelessness etc. I'm sure most organisations would be happy to have you volunteer for even just an hour or two a week. It will give you an idea if it's route you wish to pursue. Maybe try a few different places.

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