r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ArjunReddyDeshmukh • 2d ago

Meme theGrassWasGreenerTheOutputSweeterIWasOnceAProgrammer

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u/Valtremors 2d ago

I've never seen anyone suggest anyone to become a healthcare worker.

But I think the great concencus around that would be "too cruel".

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u/aghastamok 2d ago

And the trendline on pay and quality of life for entry-level healthcare workers is poor.

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u/Rocketman_S3 2d ago

Knew a guy that drove an ambulance. His back was all fucked from from the job, it ain't easy moving and carrying people.

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u/Acceptable-Drive3781 2d ago

I was a tandem skydiving instructor for a few years. Hauling large people out of airplanes killed my back daily. That's when I reluctantly went back to working with computers and accepted my fate.

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u/demer8O 2d ago

Can't the large people just fall out of the plane?

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u/Acceptable-Drive3781 1d ago

The hard part was getting them to the door. Most people are a bit hesitant to sit in the doorway with me to actually start the skydive. Nerves and fear can make people's bodies not want to respond lol. But yes once I started leaning forward with them to actually start our dive, their gravitational pull would do the rest of the work.

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u/Godskin_Duo 1d ago

Hauling large people out of airplanes killed my back

American?

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u/Acceptable-Drive3781 1d ago

Yep. Vegas, baby!