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126 Quote(s) Found

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…in a learn world there is no end to improvement: Jobs are always being eliminated in specific activities.

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Shit jobs tend to be blue collar and pay by the hour, whereas bullshit jobs tend to be white collar and salaried.

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…men will always take for themselves the kind of jobs one can tell stories about afterward, and try to assign women the kind you tell stories doing.

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…it is possible to find purpose and meaning despite even the worst of bullshit jobs.

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When someone describes his job as pointless or worthless, he is necessarily operating within some sort of tacit theory of value: an idea of what would be a worthwhile occupation, and therefore what is not.

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….the most important things one gets out a job are (1) money to pay the bills, and (2) the opportunity to make a positive contribution to the world.

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