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The Surprising Benefits of Being Unemployed
SimuAndy writes "David Dvorkin, a programmer and writer of some repute, has published an essay on The Surprising Benefits of Being Unemployed. Well worth the reading time as a small break in a busy day."
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A programmer is a machine for converting coffee into code.
Yep, according to my dad, one of the best books hes ever read... well worth the read
Well worth the reading time as a small break in a busy day
;)
He has no job, way to rub it in, you inconsiderate clod!
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This man is my idol, and anyone who has ever been unemployed should appreciate "staring at the wall for an hour after waking 'early' up at 10:17, drinking a pot of coffay." I donated a few bucks to help his cause, and you should too, after all, he is unemployed :)
I saw an Indian Java developer climbing out of your wife's bedroom while you were fishing.
Surely I'm not the only one who finds a dark amusement in seeing both "The benefits of being unemployed" and "Where do I find an honest headhunter?" showing up simultaneously on the Slashdot front page.
"Freedom is kind of a hobby with me, and I have disposable income that I'll spend to find out how to get people more."
the other day I caught myself telling a fellow slacker "you are trolling the unemployment line you should be mod'ed down" of course I got a blank empty void look on his face. also, I really ought to move out of my mom's house soon.
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the strongest word is still the word "free"
No, the CATO institute would probably have a paper on the moral duty of the unemployed to increase downward pressure on wages and how the recently homeless have merely chosen to realize capital gains by selling their houses to pay for food. The Heritage Foundation would no doubt follow up with a paper on how eliminating the capital gains tax would then be in the best interest of the future homeless population. It's the compassionately conservative thing to do.
The boss told me that if I'm late for work again tomorrow, I shouldn't bother turning up on Monday.
Woohoo! Four day weekend!!
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For all the perks of being unemployed without the guilt, frustration and lack of income that it brings with it...Do a PhD! ......back to the grind, another day of back-breaking research ahead...ooops...dont feel like working, i think ill go home and sleep instead....better tell the boss...wait...there is no boss...hehehe....my paper is not due till next month, ill just do it the night before.
After all, they're smart enough to realize that articles about being unemployed are likely to be of great interest to a large proportion of those people spending the most time reading Slashdot.
Way to go after your core readership guys !
How did his surgery go?
I blame the French.
A programmer is a machine for converting coffee into code.
I have worked steadily every single day of my life since I was four years old. That coal mine taught me to be a man, and it put hair on my chest.
--- Ban humanity.
Sounds like a good Poll Idea.
How many Slashdi are:
Employed In Tech
Employed In Retail
Employed In Fast Food
Contractor
Unemployed
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When work feels overwhelming, remember that you're going to die.
He left out the mst important benefit of all: the grapes are sour, anyway.
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There is always the military, nowadays that IS job security....They train too.
I am the unwilling control for my Origin.
If you can call a 500 billion dollar defeceit "recovery" then I guess we are ahead of schedule.
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I learned to speak Sanskrit and I can divide by zero.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
I need a machine that'll get me heated up and blown for about five minutes. It's all I need really.
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No. Blame Canada!
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And I remember sitting there thinking, "Now, wait a minute. This is going to set a lot of our plans back. Certainly this is going to put a major crimp in all of this public investment."
Oh man, that's wonderful. "Public investment." So maybe that's where it started. Have you noticed that these days, all spending is an "investment?" We're not pouring money into failing schools! We're investing in our children! No, no, they're not farm subsidies, we're investing in middle America!
Well, that said, I'm going to go invest in a Coke, and maybe on the way home tonight I'll stop by the video store and invest in some porn.
We don't have a state-run media we have a media-run state.
"The Surprising Benefits of Not Having a Girlfriend"
* No one complains about your lack of showers! (well, nobody important that is.)
* More money available for important things!
* No risks for pregancy!
* Plenty of room in bed!
* No need for showing your feelings!