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But sometimes crap is just part of the job (yes, even your dream job). If the choice is between spending effort to avoid it, and spending effort to improve it, I choose improvement.

One of the top mainstream news stories today is about a teacher who may be getting fired for blogging mean things about her job and students. It's easy to stand on the sidelines and say "get a better job if you don't like it". But was that job different from what she expected going into it? Or has something about the world changed, that we expect 5 star experiences all the time, and feel the need to sound off on anything that makes us unhappy?

I think about it every time I see a post like "Ask HN: Where should I go to college, What should I major in, Where should I work?". Maybe technology has made us much more willing to ask for directions, and much less willing to get lost along the journey.