I find I'm happiest and most satisfied when I'm incredibly busy with something truly meaningful. Capitalism does a mediocre job of allocating rewards to those who contribute, and most people I know have make-work: advertising, legal, fin-tech, and just the whole slew of stuff which reallocates wealth.
The claim is that it allocates it more efficiently, which is perhaps true, but it's a second-order effect.
If I am helping people -- be that for money, or for example, my family -- I get meaning and fulfilment out of it. In those sorts of jobs, I can work 60+ hour weeks and not burn out. I'm in a job I find meaningful right now. It pays half of what I'd make as a SWE optimizing ad clicks, but I'm happy.
I don't work 60-hour weeks right now because of family, but I have worked insane work weeks before, and I probably will again at some point.
The claim is that it allocates it more efficiently, which is perhaps true, but it's a second-order effect.
If I am helping people -- be that for money, or for example, my family -- I get meaning and fulfilment out of it. In those sorts of jobs, I can work 60+ hour weeks and not burn out. I'm in a job I find meaningful right now. It pays half of what I'd make as a SWE optimizing ad clicks, but I'm happy.
I don't work 60-hour weeks right now because of family, but I have worked insane work weeks before, and I probably will again at some point.