[ryandrake]

I've worked roofing jobs, carrying heavy bags of shingles up ladders to the roof in >40C temperatures in the summer. I've cleaned filthy toilets. I've worked in a factory where the noise and hot stench of plastic injection molding machines would give you burning headaches for hours. These experiences don't invalidate the problems of tech workers, but they help me put them in perspective. Having the choice, I will choose sitting in an air conditioned office dealing with impossible deadlines and soul-sucking meetings any day of the week.

[amotinga]

same. any meeting is just 'me time' chilling for an hour.