If your circumstances prevent you from taking an opportunity that you would otherwise take, that is not a "choice".
By "right work" I mean the work a person is qualified to to do and would naturally seek. There is nothing naive about a carpenter looking for work in carpentry. Certainly they are not about to get a job as a vehicle mechanic or a video games developer, and they are unlikely to willingly go looking for menial work. In this sense I think "right work" is a pretty conventional idea. I'm an IT guy. If I am looking for work, then I am looking for work in IT, and specifically within my areas of expertise.
Yes, in the developed world many, perhaps most, workers generally have considerable freedom. But it is not the case the "everyone" has the option of "working someplace else". It is not difficult to imagine how someone's circumstances would leave them with no choice. "everyone does have the option of working somewhere else." is an incomplete statement.
- oops, nothing available in my immediate area - something available in the next town over, but I cannot afford the commute - something available across the country but I cannot afford to sell my house - something available across the country but I cannot afford the move - something available across the country but that means wifey has to quit her job - something available across the country but I can't move the ailing family member in my care - I'd love that job in California but I'm putting my child through University and had to start bicycling to work to cut expenses - I tried self-employment but I'm a horrible entrepreneur and lost my savings in my last, and only, venture
etc. etc. etc.
To be clear, I have been gainfully employed for 25 years and have never had problems finding work or moving from one job to the next. But I am not so naive as to think that the right work is available to anyone who wants it at any time.
Define "working somewhere else". If you mean I have the option of quitting my reasonably lucrative position in IT to go work for McDonald's, ok. I do not think that is what most people mean when they say they do not have that option of working someplace else, and that is certainly what I meant when I said it.
Queen's University here in Kingston (Ontario, Canada) is dropping C++ from their 2nd year intro CS course this fall. It is Java only now. And the first year intro CS course is switching to from Java to Python.
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If your circumstances prevent you from taking an opportunity that you would otherwise take, that is not a "choice".
By "right work" I mean the work a person is qualified to to do and would naturally seek. There is nothing naive about a carpenter looking for work in carpentry. Certainly they are not about to get a job as a vehicle mechanic or a video games developer, and they are unlikely to willingly go looking for menial work. In this sense I think "right work" is a pretty conventional idea. I'm an IT guy. If I am looking for work, then I am looking for work in IT, and specifically within my areas of expertise.
Yes, in the developed world many, perhaps most, workers generally have considerable freedom. But it is not the case the "everyone" has the option of "working someplace else". It is not difficult to imagine how someone's circumstances would leave them with no choice. "everyone does have the option of working somewhere else." is an incomplete statement.
Great. Let's "get IT work elsewhere" shall we?
- oops, nothing available in my immediate area
- something available in the next town over, but I cannot afford the commute
- something available across the country but I cannot afford to sell my house
- something available across the country but I cannot afford the move
- something available across the country but that means wifey has to quit her job
- something available across the country but I can't move the ailing family member in my care
- I'd love that job in California but I'm putting my child through University and had to start bicycling to work to cut expenses
- I tried self-employment but I'm a horrible entrepreneur and lost my savings in my last, and only, venture
etc.
etc.
etc.
To be clear, I have been gainfully employed for 25 years and have never had problems finding work or moving from one job to the next. But I am not so naive as to think that the right work is available to anyone who wants it at any time.
Define "working somewhere else". If you mean I have the option of quitting my reasonably lucrative position in IT to go work for McDonald's, ok. I do not think that is what most people mean when they say they do not have that option of working someplace else, and that is certainly what I meant when I said it.
Because not everyone has the option of simply "working somewhere else".
Queen's University here in Kingston (Ontario, Canada) is dropping C++ from their 2nd year intro CS course this fall. It is Java only now. And the first year intro CS course is switching to from Java to Python.