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by deepburner 1322 days ago
I'm so tired of these "jobs are rigged for social people!!!" or morning people or organized people kinds of posts. There's no rigging, if you want to work alone from 10 PM to 6 AM that's in your prerogative but just because most jobs require collaboration or most people prefer to sleep at night (gasp!) and work while the sun is out does not mean it's "unfair" to you; it just means that you're an outlier. Also the tone of this write-up is unnecessarily patronizing by accusing "morning people" of foregoing their health by sleeping less; hasn't it occured to the author that they might be sleeping early?

I'm writing this as a person who regularly sleeps at 3 AM and works alone in a very disorganized manner, but I have no illusions about the healthiness or ubiquity of my lifestyle.

2 comments

Construction work is rigged for morning people. Not every job is at a desk.
The crux of the topic is that there's always stigma if you're different, and having a different schedule makes you different.
Having a different schedule means you not here when it's most effective for the group. That's not a stigma, that's a fact.