Its more of a value judgement on the meaningless of so much of modern work.
All the people I mentioned above are involved in work that’s probably more gratifying than making giant corporations richer. One is a playwright, one is a professor, one is a top pulmonologist in the country.
I don’t know what their day to day entails, but I can’t imagine it being as mind numbing as what I do.
I don't think he became a rich man from this. He had a house, raised his family, and that's all. He just enjoyed fixing cars.
There’s a lot of folks that make more than ur buddy’s dad, but I’m sure a lot of them are miserable in their jobs. In standard jobs u spend the majority of ur non sleeping hours in ur job. Are you rlly more “rich” if u can splurge on a few things on occasion but everything else is a chore compared to someone with an adequate amount to get by but enjoys the work?
Idk I find framing it this way and thinking about the dichotomy between short bursts of gratification and more subdued but consistent well being is interesting