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"You can live at home with your parents and try out ideas"
You say this like it's a privilege that everyone has. Not everyone has this option.
Quitting your job to pursue your passion is a privilege
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Re: Quitting your job to pursue your passion is a privilege
#12Ten years ago, the rhetorical buzzwords of that period had gotten really, really tedious.
Words like:
- Patriot
- Freedom
- Terrorism
- Never Forget
- If we don't do X, they win
But only to face new words:
- Privilege
- Trigger
- Victim Blaming
- Social Justice
- Perpetuating false narratives
When I see buzzwords, especially the politicized variety, I'm pushed away from an article, because I sense an attempt to manipulate and pander to a preferred audience, and that feels dishonest to me.
Re: Quitting your job to pursue your passion is a privilege
#13Life is full of trade-offs, and sometimes the choices you make don't work out. The author sounds pissed off because they took a risk that didn't work out, so he's telling everyone that it's objectively "bullshit" to make himself feel better about his lack of success like it's someone else's fault. The fact is that both the haves and the have-nots take these kind of risks all the time, and few succeed. But some do and many still consider the chances worth the risk, despite their failure. It really doesn't have that much to do with privilege, so much as creating a mental fixture from a statement like "follow your passion" and ignoring the fact that all statements are subject to exceptions. Basically, the post reeks of bitter naive white guy problems, and I want my 3 minutes back.
The fact that I am even here is evidence that I quit my previous career to pursue a passion. I also don't assume that the same decision would work for everyone. But I'd hardly call it "bullshit".
Re: Quitting your job to pursue your passion is a privilege
#14so this isn't the obvious "duh" post tl;dr OP quit their job because they were depressed, got bombarded with quips about how courageous they were, got seduced by conflating their depression with a courageous career choice, then talks about what caused other people to be so excited for them when entrepreneurial endeavors is a privilege reserved for the upper class, instead of a practical social contract of the America…
No he is saying it is disingenuous & dangerous to pretend everyone can just as easily quit everything and become your own boss, with the same risks. For someone who is "less privileged" (or however you are supposed to describe it), the consequences can be more severe if failure happens. While the rich, ivy league grad whose endeavor flops can go home to pops and rebuild his resume, hit up his network, and get a great job no problem. I agree that over-stressing this current reality (as opposed to looking forward and being optimistic) can make things worse. It is a tricky line to walk.
Re: Quitting your job to pursue your passion is a privilege
#15Passion without genuine skill and knowledge is useless. You can be passionate about many things, for example cars, but unless you put in the hours, your passion doesn't mean you will be a great car engineer, or automotive company executive. [EDIT] Also want to add that people grossly underestimate the responsibility of being their own boss. There are a lot of tasks you have to handle outside of your usual work like f…
I think of this every time I come across one of those motivation videos on youtube. It'll have like twenty million views, how many of those people actually took it to heart?
Nodding your head to such video is easy. Actually doing it takes way more effort.
Although, I think those millions of views come from people who were lured into watching those by smart marketing message that basically laid out their problem(s) and promised it can be solved "with one simple trick".
Number of views only shows that many people share the same problem.
Re: Quitting your job to pursue your passion is a privilege
#16Ten years ago, the rhetorical buzzwords of that period had gotten really, really tedious. Words like: - Patriot - Freedom - Terrorism - Never Forget - If we don't do X, they win Ten years later, and I'm glad those words are a joke by now. But only to face new words: - Privilege - Trigger - Victim Blaming - Social Justice - Perpetuating false narratives Buzzwords only have currency with people who want others to stop…
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Re: Quitting your job to pursue your passion is a privilege
#17Ten years ago, the rhetorical buzzwords of that period had gotten really, really tedious. Words like: - Patriot - Freedom - Terrorism - Never Forget - If we don't do X, they win Ten years later, and I'm glad those words are a joke by now. But only to face new words: - Privilege - Trigger - Victim Blaming - Social Justice - Perpetuating false narratives Buzzwords only have currency with people who want others to stop…
I couldn't agree more.
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#18"We are predatorily luring working class people into an entrepreneur lifestyle as the answer to living a meaningful life and loads of money. It’s the new American Dream."
Yes.
Being an entrepreneur is about selling. Few people are good at selling. If you're good at selling, you can make good money doing it for someone else.
Expecting most people to be good at selling is a cruel fantasy.
Re: Quitting your job to pursue your passion is a privilege
#19Ten years ago, the rhetorical buzzwords of that period had gotten really, really tedious. Words like: - Patriot - Freedom - Terrorism - Never Forget - If we don't do X, they win Ten years later, and I'm glad those words are a joke by now. But only to face new words: - Privilege - Trigger - Victim Blaming - Social Justice - Perpetuating false narratives Buzzwords only have currency with people who want others to stop…
Indeed, the political class is frighteningly relentless at churning out new versions their doublespeak vocabularies designed to balkanize the voting population.
As you rightly stated, these "power words" change with the political climate, but they all serve the same purpose: to divide and conquer. Balkanize the voter base in any way possible, and you have a fractured and easily controlled populace.
It appears modern democracy has been fully gamed.
Re: Quitting your job to pursue your passion is a privilege
#20Passion without genuine skill and knowledge is useless. You can be passionate about many things, for example cars, but unless you put in the hours, your passion doesn't mean you will be a great car engineer, or automotive company executive. [EDIT] Also want to add that people grossly underestimate the responsibility of being their own boss. There are a lot of tasks you have to handle outside of your usual work like f…
There are lots of startups that I considered dumb. A messaging service that only allows 140characters sounds ridiculous. But here we are.
In trying to start my own business I'm still learning to get over my own self doubt.