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From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate
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#82"The experience was physically taxing, he was diagnosed with tendonitis after moving hundreds of boxes a day, but it pulled him out of his depression and helped him gain perspective and a deeper sense of meaning"....... I have mixed feelings about this. What this has proven is working at amazon warehouse sucks, and is not sustainable. I've had many physical shitty jobs in my 20's. Then, I had some health issue and co…
I don't think the author is recommending their experience. He's merely talking about what he did and what happened. We've known for millennia that physical work sucks. That's why the lowest echelons of society always end up doing the worst of it. This, I think, is why previous generations were so emphatic about college education. In their experience, it was a ticket out of doing physically taxing work.
Overly taxing and dangerous physical work sucks. Working in a professional kitchen is some of the most fun and (non-monetary) rewarding work I've ever done.
Re: From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate
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Re: From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate
#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
Did you actually read the article? He's probably the one person in tech that is directly aware of what it's like to work at a warehouse because he actually did it for real. He's not claiming to be "making the world a better place" by working at Facebook. He's telling the story of how he got burned out from that world and sought out a real "honest labor" job that he'd heard a ton about in the media to snap out of it a…
> He's probably the one person in tech that is directly aware of what it's like to work at a warehouse because he actually did it for real. There are plenty of people in tech who didn't have the traditional four years of uni -> FAANG route. They just don't blog about it.
Also, people who worked through college.
Re: From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate
#85This sounds nice, but the guy is already rich. That makes it a lot less interesting.
Re: From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate
#86This person seems like they are suffering from typical tech bubble non-awareness disease. They always strive to make the world a better place as… a director of Facebook. Debatable. Early retirement is such a nightmare for me that.. I became an Amazon Warehouse Associate out of boredom? I’m not sure how any of this narcissism is making the world a better place.
Did you actually read the article? He's probably the one person in tech that is directly aware of what it's like to work at a warehouse because he actually did it for real. He's not claiming to be "making the world a better place" by working at Facebook. He's telling the story of how he got burned out from that world and sought out a real "honest labor" job that he'd heard a ton about in the media to snap out of it a…
" He's probably the one person in tech that is directly aware of what it's like to work at a warehouse because he actually did it for real."
I work in tech but previously did overnight stock at Walmart so I guess that's two people.
What's the point of using this kind of hyperbole in your comment unless you wanted to make others hate people in tech?
Re: From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
> "Alexa, open the exo-skeleton, I need to go to the bathroom" > "I'm sorry, your exo-skeleton has already been opened for the allotted 15 minute break, it will not open again until the end of your shift"
Heh if you go through the trouble of building an exo-skeleton might as well build in the toilet facilities.
> "Warning: Your exo-skeleton waste container is full."
> "Warning: You have ran out of your free waste container quota for this shift. If you require a new waste container, it will be deducted from your pay"
> "Alert: High stress levels detected. You are required to report to an AmaZen(TM) Mindfulness Practice Room [0] for 30 minutes after your shift"
Re: From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate
#88This person seems like they are suffering from typical tech bubble non-awareness disease. They always strive to make the world a better place as… a director of Facebook. Debatable. Early retirement is such a nightmare for me that.. I became an Amazon Warehouse Associate out of boredom? I’m not sure how any of this narcissism is making the world a better place.
> strive to make the world a better place
Are you sure that is the motive?
Re: From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate
#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
Working at amazon as an order picker is depressing, soul sucking and can wreck your body for the remainder of your life. Devs can get by working few hours a day, some barely do any work at all. I refuse to stare at a screen 8+ hours a day. I take healthy breaks and create boundaries. I rarely have to solve puzzles at work. The grunt of the work is almost the same thing over and over.
You might be surprised to learn that for every dev working “few hours a day” or barely doing anything at all, there is another engineer doing all their work for them - usually in a constant state of fending off burnout due to having to do other peoples’ work in addition to their own.
The trick is to avoid becoming that developer.
Re: From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate
#90I did the other way round. After 5 years in Tesco warehouse somewhere in the UK, I went back to Poland to learn web development. Picking jobs are cruel, I'd advise anyone against taking it and trying hardest they can to avoid it. It gives you problems with your back, your legs, gets you bored about life. You get back home physically tired and mentally numb each freaking day, that's because you wear your arse out there forced to ignore any safety rules just to get on time with all tasks and you still get some angry manager calling you every now and then because his managers always push him to achieve more 'picks/hour'.
If you see warehouse job ad - run.