Who the fuck ever said being a neet was good? It's the absolute shits, feeling like you're unable to contribute to society, regardless if you think it needs to be burnt to the ground or not. You still know exactly what your contribution is.
there's a group of people glorifying it, because they don't give a shit and might as well not work while doing that.
however, i had enormous amounts of money during parts of my life and i enjoyed not having a job and just do whatver tf i want a lot. some of the best years of my life.
Having freedom and drive to do whatever you want is great, even if that means you spend a bunch of time just fucking about and getting high and watching TV.
On the other hand, a lot of the people that are dropping out like this are actually just depressed. They look like they're doing the same thing, but they're actually just self medicating and it sucks for them.
For some of these people, getting up and out the house, being forced to do a bit of exercise, and talk to people can help with minor depression.
however, i had enormous amounts of money during parts of my life and i enjoyed not having a job and just do whatver tf i want a lot. some of the best years of my life.
NEETS don't have any money while doing it. Don't compare yourself to them.
I think thatās the big difference. Iād love to do self guided projects and adventures. What I donāt want is to sit around too damn broke to go out
I remember one summer a long time ago, I couldnāt find a (good) summer job for weeks, while my girlfriend was already working at hers - felt like absolute useless shit, when she was packing her bag and leaving for work.
Of course I wouldnāt mind being a billionaire and not having to work, but probably would still do a few hours of āworkā every day e.g. deciding investments, helping charities, in order to not get bored.
I worked a mailroom job with only about 3-4 hours of actual work a day. I was explicitly told I was free to spend any free time however I liked, so long as I stayed nearby.
I read books, gamed a bit, learned some programming and Linux server stuff... was pretty great actually. I only ever left that job because the offer was for twice as much pay. I often still miss the free time.
Iāve been writing software professionally for almost 15 years. Iāve never hated writing software, itās something I really enjoy. But Iāve gotten to the point where I vehemently hate the industry. Itās horribly cutthroat, driven by pure capitalism and thereās never any incentive to do something cool or novel unless it grows profits in a quarter. The problem now too is that participating in the open source community is wading into a den of toxicity. So many people are using or contributing to open source software with the pure goal of financial gain, and they are toxic parasites. Scroll through comments in GitHub issues on popular projects and they are everywhere. What started as a fun way to collaborate on projects where people would work together to build cool things has turned into a cesspool of bickering. Iām tired. Tired of the industry, and tired of the fact that software has just become an idea for āget rich quickā schemes for so many.