Truly F@¢%#%
Thoughts on the new millennial economy as shared by Tree
I met a young woman at a party on Saturday that is 26 years old and makes 127 thousand dollars a year as a network engineer. I found myself disliking her on that account. My jealousy was enormous. I felt guilty about it. Over email, my friend J. responded…
“I am truly irritated at this younger generation making hundreds of thousands of dollars doing work that has zero meaning or potential for changing the world in ways that I want to see the world change. I was about to write, ‘doing work that has no impact on the world,’ when I realized of course it has an impact… it’s driving everything in our culture and I hate it.
I subscribe to a daily email list from an association of independent radio folks and there’s been discussion about ’content’ writers/producers for internet sites. Apparently the pay scale is just as lousy there as it is in public radio —unless you want to write drivel about soap operas. It’s all part of this bizarre tier scheme of who gets paid what to do what work.”
S. says to me last night that her Humane Society job is the first job she’s ever really enjoyed. She gets paid $6.50/hr. —Yes, you read that correctly. Why is working with animals less valued than someone who develops the fucking code for an internet site that makes it easier for you to put your credit card number in and buy something?…
This world is truly fucked.
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