garbage collecting is seen as dirty and undesirable by society, so for them to want to do it, you have to pay more
in my country they are badly paid anyway though so fuck it lol
Did it as a student job for 3 years. I was paid roughly 50% more than with all other student jobs.
Honestly collecting garbage is not even that bad. I got paid to do fitness all day, spending time outside while chatting with my coworker. The people sorting the trash, that was who we felt bad for. They had all the downsides of the job with none of the benefits.
Sorting trash…goodness… THAT’S a job nobody would mind automating I’m sure.
Especially with how the populace views the trash bin as the “Magic it’s-out-of-my-life box” and throws all sorts of dangerous things in there!
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Use languages with manual memory managment
Wut
It’s a programming joke. If you declare variables or set a value to a space in the storage, this space is blocked even after the programme is done using that variable. So to write a programme with efficient use of storage, you have to free the storage space after you are using it.
Many programming languages use a routine called “garbage collector” to free unused storage space.
So, if you don’t want to be a garbage collector, you have to assign storage space manually.
That is a deliciously deep cut. Thank you for explaining it to me.
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I think that “both” would mean “earns more than their salaries combined”, whereas “either” means “earns more than their salaries individually”.
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“You study well and you will end up sitting in the office”
People sitting in the office cubicle: i hate this job.
Do people like jobs? Today I was thinking that being a blacksmith could be cool. But I guess I was born to deploy k8s clusters.
My job is a little cool but idk how long it will last
I like my work my job however I am on the fence about.
If you have a job that society needs, that pays well, that you are good at and you also love doing it, you have accomplished life.
Please note that it is totally fine to achieve those four criteria from different regular activities.
I develop billing systems. If you’ve received a bill from e.g. your ISP, I might have been a part of making that system work. I get paid about the same as a doctor, but I spend about 85% of my work time gossiping / posting memes with my coworkers and watching youtube. I’d say I’m OK at my job, on many occasions I’m probably the first person in the world to solve (but also encounter) that particular problem.
I was a gifted child, but I ended up in this job because I’m lazy and a procrastinator. Never finished college, stopped caring when I started getting paid.
but I spend about 85% of my work time gossiping / posting memes with my coworkers and watching youtube.
Probably not very good at your job then??
The gossip / memes is more significant for the business than you might think. It’s information sharing between teams and corporate levels that’s very hard to achieve by some predefined weekly sync meetings, townhalls etc.
85% of his time though?
Are you happy about what you are doing during your job? Problemsolving, gossiping and everything else.
Well I think I’m on the right career path, but maybe not with the right employer. I’m also trying to finish my degree and move more into designing new systems rather than fixing problems in existing ones.
I spend about 85% of my work time gossiping / posting memes with my coworkers and watching youtube.
That sounds like it would get boring as shit in no time.
I like my job, but it’s still a job.
I like cooking, but I’d never want to be a chef. One might like tending to their own little garden, but being a farmer is a completely different thing. You might like making your own little game, but working at a gaming company is not the same thing.
A job is a job, at the end of the day. Sometimes I think it could be better to keep the things you like doing as a hobby, rather than your job, as you might enjoy doing them more in the end.
Do people like jobs?
It happens. Rarely, though.
It’s cool but you’ll fuck your lungs
Is wearing a mask with a proper filter, not an option?
I imagine it’ll help a lot, but if you’re in and around a smithy for years you’ll still end up breathing a lot more bad stuff than the average breather
I feel like being a blacksmith in 2024 is probably the same if not more lucrative than back when people rode horses, wore armor and swung swords around considering you’ll mostly be making replica anime and video games pieces for rich nerds.
And if you get enough clout you might get some edgy reality show on History channel or something now hahaha.
Actually probably true, the issue is just getting started and building a reputation at first
I like my job.
Would I rather be on the beach with the family or on a cruise? Absolutely.
Reality is I need to work to feed my family. I have a job I’m good at and I find the work fulfilling. That makes it tolerable and I don’t find going to work everyday an absolute drag.
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The garbage collector around my house doesn’t get out of the truck to get the trash it’s all hydraulic arm. Sounds pretty chill to me.
The ones at my parents are so lazy they’ll write a note saying that 3ft apart ain’t enough, get out of their truck and put that note on the can, then get back in and leave
With how little is in their cans it’s more work to write the fucking Note than to nudge the can another 2 inches so your lazy ass doesn’t have to aim the arm AT ALL rather than a little bit
I’ve done trash collection in other scenarios by hand so I’m not just shitting on these guys for their job, too
Just snort a bunch of drugs every weekend and you won’t smell a thing too
All I need is a pet, and allergies do that for me. Cheaper than drugs!
There is a humongous waiting list in pretty much all major cities for those positions
And you get to hang off of the back of the truck like a bamf. That was the dream to 5yo me
The garbage collector has to get up early, go out in most weather, and deal with things we’d rather not deal with, and lift heavy stuff into dangerous machinery all day.
That being said, when I had a similar amount of hard labor to do I got in the best shape of my life.
With the trucks that have the hydraulic arms, this isn’t really true anymore outside of major cities with street parking. I remember growing up you could also just out big bulky items out on trash day (mattresses, toilets, tubs, etc) and they’d take it. Now, at least in my town, you have to schedule bulk pickup, there are limits on how often you can do it (I think my town is no more than like 2 times a month or quarter), and there are restrictions on what can be left for bulk.
Even with the hydraulic arm trucks, they weigh the bin as they pick it up, and will put it back down and leave if its over the weight threshold (meaning you’re throwing away something in your bin you shouldn’t be, and would need to schedule bulk for it).
Oh, the times, they are a-changin’.
Edit: When I lived in Baltimore, it was the old school style system of two guys on the back of the truck running to the curb, grabbing the bin, throwing it in the back, returning it, and hopping back on. Outside of that, I’ve only seen the hydraulic arm ones in suburbia for the last 15+ years.
Don’t they die earlier than average of painful cancers though?
from simple garbage? nahh
Fun fact: the main reason garbage collection is unhealthy is because you spend all day in the fumes of public roads & the truck you’re hanging behind.
Source: was garbage collector for 3 years as student job & we got a small hourly bonus for it.
wasn’t aware, thx
Citation needed
Garbage collector was a dream job to me as a kid. Ended up as a software developer.
Depending on the software, you still get to think about garbage collection!
Yep, because most often you get to create the garbage that gets collected afterwards.
Same thing really
Nah, software developer is more about garbage production than garbage collection.
GIGO exists for that reason.
Same but firefighter
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Thanks for doing what you do.
I literally write code to track when you shit and what commercial to show you for you to stay longer in the toilet
Well, don’t let your memes be dreams, go out there and make it happen.
In the previous generation white collar jobs paid more than blue collar ones. That is why… But the world is changing.
And it’s about fucking time.
Aren’t white-collar jobs less likely to be unionized?
yes, but they also paid much more until recently
Derp
This guy is a garbage picker xD
