I'll never forget how he explained the bliss of coming home, dropping your company-bag in the hallway only to pick it up next day before going to work. How he never had to read up on recent insights in the field of driving a tram on weekends. How he was finding joy in reading biology-books in the evenings, free of any pressure, again.

(If this sounds denigrating to a tram driver, it is not meant as such, at all)

I'm rationalizing my decision to stick it out just a bit longer, but I have zero fucks left. I'd rather dig ditches than write software for one of the big companies at this point, but I'm not digging ditches.

Usually the first group is seen as more socially acceptable and usually makes more money, but the second group almost always has a superior quality of life.

Coworkers and the relationship with them matter. Its almost never talked about.

When I didn't have my CS degree finished and no IT experience, I've applied to thousands of factory and warehouse jobs and got nowhere. I only got a curier job through a family connection.