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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (3 children)

How do I get one of those jobs as a WFH employee in the United States? I'll gladly accept my shame.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh I'm so ashamed. Whatever will I do. Please don't pay me MORE money that would make the shame even greater!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Oh no, not a bonus! The shame, it burns!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

It only works for cultures where individuals have to sepukku if they bring shame on family.

In the USA, bringing shame upon family is considered a rite of passage so it doesn't quite have the same effect

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't recommend anyone become a software engineer but its worked for me

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Heh. I already am that, but I do have to work. It's not as hard as when I was digging ditches for a living, but it's definitely still work. Sometimes it's slow, sometimes there's a million things to do.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'll be honest, I don't know if I have to work. I do, because I like the work and I like the company I work for a lot, but I'm fairly confident that I could just show up to meetings twice a week and fudge paperwork for quite a while before anyone caught on that I'm just a hole they're dumping money into.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's a pretty sweet gig then.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

yeah, I've been really fortunate.