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Anon accepts a prestigious job (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 95 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Data entry was actually one of the best jobs they gave my intellectually disabled sister at goodwill. She graded donated books and punched their ISBNs into an online database for resale. They have some pretty awful disability employment practices in regards to pay but she was living with us anyway and it was the main thing she looked forward to during the week. Then she'd spend the money on going to the movies with a care aide on Friday. If she'd actually had to support herself on the money it would've been a mess but in her case it was more just something stimulating to keep her out of trouble. Then she started yelling racial slurs at everybody and got fired and was stuck home with nothing better to do than beat the shit out of the rest of us again so all good things come to an end I guess.

[-] underscores@lemmy.zip 60 points 2 weeks ago

that took a dark turn, she beats your family ?

[-] SatyrSack@quokk.au 46 points 2 weeks ago

It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it.

[-] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 weeks ago

not anymore

[-] 0x0@infosec.pub 38 points 2 weeks ago

Returned her to goodwill huh

[-] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 44 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I almost failed out of high school as a "gifted kid" so there were a bunch of meetings and one of the social workers tried to analyze the relationship between me and my mother and I was like yeah nah my sister beating us is waaay worse and that's how I found out a different social worker when I was like a kid kid threatened to remove the rest of us if my mother kept complaining about my sister so anyway the social worker at my highschool told us to just start calling the cops and coached my mother on what to say so they didn't shoot anybody but would just come and take notes and give us case numbers and eventually we were able to leverage that into group home placement. My back had already been fucked up by that point though and idk what happened to it other than it hurts all the time now because she hadn't taken take me to the hospital at the time because of the whole CPS threat thing but getting my tits chopped off did help tho. Still go get muscle relaxers every time a patient fucks me up too.

[-] Fourth@mander.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

🫡🫡🫡

[-] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 52 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I don't know where to to find data entry jobs though, I couldn't find then in 2022, 2023, and now LLMs seem to be doing them all.

To a zoomer, the prestige of a job is also affected by how non-demanding it is, ergo data entry is a prestigious job

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 41 points 2 weeks ago

I dunno, data entry isn't mentally demanding in the same way as some jobs, but that doesn't mean it isn't demanding. You're expected to enter at or above a particular speed, and it can be boring which is a different kind of mentality demanding.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

It's not mentally demanding. It is however mind numbing and mentally draining.

[-] groet@feddit.org 10 points 2 weeks ago

did data entry for 2 months during a break from uni. It fried my brain. I was bored to shit and came home with a headache each day. I was so glad when I was done digitising all documents and was allowed to do some light programming instead.

[-] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I reckon I'd be fine with it. I'm built different when it comes to boredom and repetitive tasks. I've just remembered I actually volunteered to do data entry for a historical records website, recently, but haven't gotten around to on boarding because I have other commitments.

I do value your insights though, thank you. Will help me judge when to quit if I do find it tough

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I used to be a security guard, which is similar levels of undemanding. You try watching a bunch of black and white cameras all night, you get to the point where you go, oh look, a moth in genuine excitement.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Being a typist would be fun for about ten minutes lol

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Data entry is exactly as cool as the data you enter

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago

You do realize monkeys would be qualified to be rocket scientists as long as they could do math right?

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

I feel like the people who are down voting this are missing the fact that its litterally the monkeys (apes but w.e) who can do math who are rocket scientists. were the monekys.

[-] qaz@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Humans are apes not monkeys but aside from that yes

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

We are the pig, professor. We are all the pig.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 13 points 2 weeks ago

I mean no, first they'd need to learn a century's worth of rocket science and centuries' worth of prerequisites.

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Also, even if you’re verifiably a super genius, I think you’d probably get fired for throwing your own shit, biting people, and stealing stuff eventually.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks ago

So you mean we can train monkeys to work if they work from home?

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I think it’s the other way around, but yes.

[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 11 points 2 weeks ago

Kinda shit take for being a dick to someone joining a new field for the first time.

But whatever. It's 4chan.

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