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I found the article linked in the blog to be just as interesting: why i got a job at mcdonald's http://www.heiferman.com/mcd/

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I actually might consider getting a job at Mcdonalds if I was working on a startup (if I could make enough money to survive).

I could zone out and not waste any of my creative energy during the day and work on my own stuff when I got home.

Slinging fries takes way more energy than it looks, and pays next to nothing. I took a cleaning job in college with similar thoughts and it gave me a lot of respect for people who work those jobs, and happiness that I have the option not to.

Even in the socialist paradise of California where you'll get a whopping $8/hr that's about $50 after tax for a full day of mind-numbing, spirit crushing drudgery.

You won't get home and find your creative instinct has been kept safe the entire day and it's time to unleash it for 8 hours of coding - you'll be aching, burned and numb. It'll be time to put on the TV to watch something that's not too taxing and crack open a few cold ones.

tl;dr - service industry is grueling work, will sap your soul

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