Be it a story, a joke, or even just something happening in your life, good or bad, that you want to talk about. What’s going on?

  • TheBraveSirRobbin@lemmy.world
    2·
    4 days ago

    The great molasses flood of 1919. Killed 21 people and the streets of Boston smelled of molasses for years after, yet it’s never taught in our history books.

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    5 days ago

    I’m the guy who ditched his IT career to work at Lowe’s. Been going pretty well, except for the pay of course. Only been a month and the GM and a couple of AGMs are noticing me, giving me better/different work.

    Seems I’m not getting so many evening hours, that’s my main complaint. This spring I bet I can go full daytime hours.

    Being part-time allows me to pursue some woodworking projects I hope to make money on, and the 10% employee discount doesn’t hurt!

    • Blemgo@lemmy.world
      2·
      4 days ago

      May I ask what made you ditch your IT career?

      I’m in an IT career as well (admin work), relatively a newcomer (finished my apprenticeship 1-2 years ago), but honestly I’ve already considering whether this is right for me. Don’t get me wrong, I love the work itself, just knowing that so many companies underfunding their IT department and thus causing more stress for it makes me question whether this is something I want to subject myself to.

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        Despite what you’ll hear from tech oriented spaces like lemmy, there is nothing inherently wrong with the profession. And FFS, there are 100 different paths to explore, pretty awesome. Part of it was having 30-years under my belt and simply getting burnt. My boss and a coworker were talking about Tails, sounded right up my alley, something I should be excited to learn. Realized I just didn’t give a shit.

        My last job burned my passion, flamed out. On paper, it was the best employer I’ve ever had, but I was really depressed. How could I be making this much money, at a company that puts employees first, and still not be happy?! I was wracked with guilt, couldn’t understand it.

        This explains why I was happy for half the pay at a previous job. I had autonomy, mastery and purpose. Also explains much of why I’m happier slinging mulch at Lowe’s. Please give this 10-minutes of your time. For anyone questioning their job or career, it’s a valuable insight into what truly makes us happy at our work.

  • Just_a_person@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    5 days ago

    🤦🏾‍♀️ oh wow. My phone decided to make multiple comments while in my pocket. Sorry about that.

    Since I now feel obligated to actually comment here’s a pic of a dog I saw recently. I just happened to turn when I saw the cutie staring back at me :) I got a good laugh out of it. So that was nice.