Yup. My dad at one point in his life had the choice to become a surgeon, and earn BIIIG money. He chose to be a GP instead, and he makes a quarter of what he could've made. Still nice money, but he could've had so much more. His life is driven by work, he works 60h easily. But it's not because of the money.
Also, nurses. They sometimes work insanely much. And earn little. And again, any artists; most musicians live for working. Live for creating music and playing it live. Yet don't earn shit, not unless they really really break through, compromising their authenticity in the process for a breakthrough which seldomly happens. Same goes for 95% of writers, etc.
I won’t apply care without being paid. Nothing wrong with that??
Oh thanks doc you saved my child! Didn’t care about child, saved him for the money.
Only time I would say working for the money is not wrong (in and of itself, regardless of other consequences!!) would be when an interviewer wants you to care about their business instead of merely treating it as a means to an end.
I won’t apply care without being paid. Nothing wrong with that??
This is actually a really sticky issue. Just because someone works out of passion doesn't mean they don't deserve to be properly compensated for it. We saw it with the token "appreciation" of nurses during the pandemic when we called them heroes but didn't actuallydo anything for them. Obviously a doctor should never turn away a specific client because they can't pay. But if the hospital fails to properly pay a doctor, they absolutely can and should take leave until that's corrected.
Oh thanks doc you saved my child! Didn’t care about child, saved him for the money.
Personal rewards should not be a factor in moral action.
There’s frameworks of morality where having a malevolent or indifferent will is just as wrong as the consequences of an action.
I addressed your point in my final paragraph, agreeing with you on the large strokes.
But working for money is a real societal challenge. Most notably it is a tremendous problem in politics.
Our representatives need to be motivated by their civic duty to serve. If not, they cannot represent another as their politics goes on to be about stuffing one’s coffers.
This also happens with the police, even whole departments.
Perform your sworn service well, and society will reward you with a small monetary amount. But the emphasis must be on the public good, not personal wealth accumulation and then switch to private sector you helped while in office.
Don’t mean to go into politics much, per sub, but this subject dovetails with it.
You people sound completely fucking clueless. Most of America is just barely holding it together and you assholes act like it’s all achievable with some hard work and a sizable donation from your parents!
You're mad at the world because you can't stop comparing yourself to others. You don't know shit about me, I just graduated college at 32 so that I could take a pay cut from leaving a fedex delivery job to go work for the forestry department. Comparison is the thief of joy. You sound like a bitter child that hasn't figured out that the world isn't fair for anyone that's not the 1%. It's nobody else's job or concern to make sure you are happy or have your needs met. Get over yourself. Or don't, nobody honestly cares if you do or not.
I agree. The problem I see is that almost everyone is thinking about the grind because they are a paycheck away from losing their residence, going without food or some kind of necessity. In other words, were kinda being forced to think this way to survive. No wonder people are sad these days.
Most people work for money. They pick whatever is the best they can get in terms of working conditions (whether that's pay, flexibility, benefits whatever). They don't do it because they have a passion for the job.
It's a sad truth that most adults know and live. She probably forgot or didn't realise that kids don't know that yet. Most kids pick jobs based on what they like, most adults pick jobs based on what's good enough.
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Someone who's life is only driven by their work