I would like you to read the article The Best jobs for smart, but lazy people published at
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20140228-jobs-for-the-smart-but-lazy
and comment on/discuss it. Make your own list of such jobs in Poland;)
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The following video used to be very popular a few months ago:
http://wid.wisc.edu/wid-picks/encouraging-the-next-generation-of-programmers/
Actually doing it on a regular basis can produce different feelings than those portrayed in the film:
https://mondaybynoon.com/programming-is-not-for-everybody-symbo1ics-ideas/
As I wrote, in my opinion creativity is the most important feature, for a person who would like to earn enough money and still have time “to live” . The movie liked by Tomek shows it very well.
It is very hard to make a list of jobs “for lazy”, because it depends on amount of money a person needs to spend for living and on many other individual needs.
Another thing , which is worth mentioning, is a simple truth that when you find something which you love to do, you feel free. For a person who, for example, is a graphic designer, who loves his or her job, working for 8 hours a day is equal as if he or she was having great fun for those 8 hours. He or she doesn't feel that those 8 hours of his or her life was unhappy or exhausting. And if she or he doesn't forget to be creative – there's also possibility to work for employers from, for example U.S.A. who pay much more than Polish employers ;)
Actually, yvery decision and choice in our life we make, as well a short-term or a long-term one, is explainable with "homo economicus" theory. Eg. if you wake up in the morning and eat old bread from the previous day, it means that staying in bed as long as possible represents for you higher value than waking up earlier, doing shopping and eating fresh bread.
It also applies to people who choose lower-paid jobs. They do that because of other factors, like they value their spare time more or they prefer no to have too much stress, which usually comes along with better-paid jobs.
There is also another interesting economic theory applying to scientists/specialists. It tells that salary rise is effective only to some degree - in some moment it stops working and demotivates well-trained employees. It is caused by the fact that well-educated people value their free time relatively high - and they earn money to realise their hobbies/dreams. Hence, when they earn enough money to make it possible they lose motivation to work more.
Even if you're an expert in something, it's pure chance (a low one) that someone will let you to just "share the knowledge once in a while and that's it".
Same with teaching English abroad - if you want to make good money doing so, you have to spend a lot of time.
The point is that the article seems to have been written by someone who's not really sure which jobs are good for the lazy. I believe many freelance jobs are good, as you can technically work at any time you want - the problem with the lazy people there, however, is that they might never feel like working unless forced to, and it only sounds good on paper.
I think the best job for the lazy is surely doing whatever they like what they're doing, but that's very cliche and easy to say. I'm pretty sure that most people are balancing in between - they are doing work they are ok with, but they are not passionate about it enough to consider it pure fun.
Programmers have to deal with many issues and as technology changes they have to adapt rapidly new techniques and learn new tools. In few words... If you are lazy... than DO NOT GET A JOB AS PROGRAMMER ! :>
What is the best job for lazy people ?
It is hard to say because each requires more or less effort. I would say that the best job for lazy people is a security guy in a not really busy magasin. (especially night shifts).
Another lazy job could be private taxi driver. All you need is GPS and a car. You sit on your ass most of the time, listening to the radio and thinking about tomorrow's day.
I was thnking about such jobs in Poland, and I have to say it was tricky. But finally I came up with two: creative director at marketing agency, because this job requires creativity, productivity and so on, but when one will get own team - it'r really easy to pick and accept projects. The second job I can think of, is radiographer. A good radiographer takes serious amount of money for a consultation. I think it's a good example, because reading RTG/USG scans requires few years of learning, a
talent maybe. In the same time it may be challenging because of particular diseas. But it doesn't requires much effort.
I would like to introduce some examples connected with my two completely different jobs.
I came up with two jobs. The first one as an IT administrator but not in a big corporation but in a small company. Someone well - skilled in IT systems should not have bigger problems doing such a work. After the first few days of operation and configuration of all the devices properly, I should work for a long time without big problems. The work in fact concentrates only on problems from time to time.
My second job I got is dubbing. No need to learn texts by heart, because I read them from the card. I am only responsible how quickly I record the audio path info. No need also to such a work a lot to prepare, just me and some voice lessons diction.
Of course, such work is good for a specific group of people. And also for typical period of their lives.
I travelled a lot with my english friend, who is living in Poland for 3 years. She is a private english teacher and that is the only way of earning money- speaking in her native language. I think what was said in the article about teaching english is true- that is a kind of job for smart, but lazy people.
I know many programmers, and I can agree with the article. Most of them are lazy. So what? It's just a benefit :). There is no better meetings of the planning tasks by programmers. They all sit together and think like the easiest and best to do the job.
In my opinion laziness it's not a defect it's a great advantage that you need to know how to use.
I am a computer scientist and I was met with different people. Rather, they are relaxed, they work slowly, quietly but effectively.
I think that every person is a little bit lazy, but when we have to do something work you have to be mobilized.