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0 pointstitanomachy1y ago0 comments

Did we read the same article? This guy is spending his time learning music, mastering a sport, spending time with close friends, and your takeaway is “he should be grinding away at a corporate like everyone else”?

There’s a lot of different ways to live. Personally I like taking periods of voluntary unemployment to explore other interests. Finding a job after has never been a problem.

A large percentage of the population has at least some safety net. Probably the average 25 year old could move back in with their parents for a year if things got really bad.

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ChiMan1y ago

In other words, the parents protect the kid from real life. No thanks.

titanomachyOP1y ago

Or allow the kid to take risks and do more with their lives than they would otherwise, and become self-sufficient in an interesting and unexpected way.

What would you want for your own kids? 45 years of grudging corporate toil, then death?

What’s the point of become a wealthy and prosperous society if we’re so goddamn uncreative about how we live in it?

testval1231y ago

That is privileged take. The things we take for granted in a 'prosperous' society- food on grocery store shelves, doctors available in the ER, plumbers to fix your plumbing, etc. etc. all require people to work 'standard' hours and follow 'standard' paths. The path of the 'creative' tech worker taking two years off is incredibly privileged, and I would argue infantilizing.

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kirso1y ago

This. I took breaks of 3-6 months in-between jobs to explore, learn and grow and it always led me to better opportunities, skill acquisition and moving to a better more stable life.

This essay is kind of radical but outlines a few amazing points of unstructured work time: https://www.palladiummag.com/2022/01/06/quit-your-job/

mplewis1y ago

This guy is spending more than he makes. Who is bankrolling him?

titanomachyOP1y ago

It sounds like he is bankrolling himself, by working and saving up money.

baobabKoodaa1y ago

According to the article, no he isn't

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0 pointstitanomachy1y ago0 comments

There’s a lot of different ways to live. Personally I like taking periods of voluntary unemployment to explore other interests. Finding a job after has never been a problem.

A large percentage of the population has at least some safety net. Probably the average 25 year old could move back in with their parents for a year if things got really bad.

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ChiMan1y ago

In other words, the parents protect the kid from real life. No thanks.

titanomachyOP1y ago

Or allow the kid to take risks and do more with their lives than they would otherwise, and become self-sufficient in an interesting and unexpected way.

What would you want for your own kids? 45 years of grudging corporate toil, then death?

What’s the point of become a wealthy and prosperous society if we’re so goddamn uncreative about how we live in it?

testval1231y ago

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kirso1y ago

This. I took breaks of 3-6 months in-between jobs to explore, learn and grow and it always led me to better opportunities, skill acquisition and moving to a better more stable life.

This essay is kind of radical but outlines a few amazing points of unstructured work time: https://www.palladiummag.com/2022/01/06/quit-your-job/

mplewis1y ago

This guy is spending more than he makes. Who is bankrolling him?

titanomachyOP1y ago

It sounds like he is bankrolling himself, by working and saving up money.

baobabKoodaa1y ago

According to the article, no he isn't

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