I picked the one engineering discipline most useful to society and not dedicated to the sole purpose of treat making…..

I WAS TOLD I’D BE A FUCKING BEAVER BUILDING DAMS BUT I’M MORE LIKE A FUCKING BUREAUCRAT EDITING WORD DOCUMENTS FOR TYPOS WHAT THE FUCK

EVERYWHERE I GO, ITS A BULLSHIT JOB. ENGINEERING IS THE MOST USELESS LIB INCREMENTALIST BULLSHIT OUT THERE.

KILL EVERYONE WHO SAYS ‘YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN USEFUL DEGREE IF U WANTED MEANINGFUL WORK AND HIGH PAY.’

PROGRAMMING GATCHA GAMES IS NOT USEFUL U FUCKING NERD

  • Grimble [he/him,they/them]
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    2 years ago

    It would help if the projects being managed under capitalism actually meant something. I feel like the ideal takeaway from this thread is that many of these jobs could be useful or at least satisfying, but never will be until the current system is gone and dealt with. Accounting is a great example imo.

    • FloridaBoi [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Right. Making sure data is correct and can be used for decision making is as needed for a large company as it is for a planned economy. The type of work I’ve done in my career has been more nakedly in service of the owners than anything else. At my current company “shareholder value” is part of the credo