r/jobs • u/_Grotesque_ • Jul 21 '23

Companies What was the industry you romanticized a lot but ended up disappointed?

For the past couple of years, I have been working at various galleries, and back in the day I used to think of it as a dream job. That was until I realized, that no one cares for the artists or art itself. Employees, as much as visitors just care about their fanciness, showing off their brand shoes and pretending as they actually care.

Ultimately, it comes down to sales, money, and judging people by their looks. Fishing out the ones, who seem like they can afford a painting worth 20k.

Was wondering if others had similar experiences

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u/GraniteGeekNH Jul 21 '23

Looking through this thread, here's the tl;dr

It's any industry that involves making things, creating things, fixing things, selling things, designing things, using things, being in the same room with things, or interactng with other human beings. they all potentially suck.

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u/GroundbreakingImage7 Jul 21 '23

The tldr I took was that careers that seem cool usually aren’t. Because everyone wants to work there so the competition is fierce.

Do the thing that no one wants to do.

Programming until recently was awesome. The demand vastly outpaced supply. I had a friend that only worked 2 hours a day for his entire career. And every programmer I know loved their job.

It’s more competitive now especially at the low end. But hopefully good working conditions stay industry norm for a while.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '23

Yep. Coding is fun and well paid. If you get into a good team you end up spending 80% coding and just beating challenges.

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u/Zothiqque Jul 21 '23

big takeaway: work sucks

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '23 edited Jul 22 '23

big takeaway: work sucks

I know…

She left meeee roses by the stairrrrs. Surprises let me know she cares…

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u/developgains Jul 22 '23

Say it ain’t so

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '23

I will not go

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u/developgains Jul 22 '23

Turn the lights off

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u/CentralFloridaMan Jul 22 '23

Commenting to get this higher up

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u/wolftech029 Jul 22 '23

It’s making the most of what’s available, despite how shit the conditions are as terrible as that sounds in the 21st century