This subject is extensively discussed earlier, and I do not have time to cover this topic from their point of view. At the beginning of a bit of links on the topic:.
I apologize for the test of patience, the reader, but I'll start from Afar. Very far from the. I was 18 years old. I then thought about his prospects ( so I'm really thorough pre - planned his life ), the argument ran into the meaning of life. Why do we live? . And, perhaps, it means ' be happy '. By the time I had a happy life examples of when a person could safely say that life is not lived in vain, and that he is happy.
I worked as an intern in the lab and met with a colleague, an engineer in. In. , Close to retirement age. He loved his job, doing it slowly, carefully, carefully, for which he highly valued the command. At work, he came awake, a, m. to. He worked there for many years, and he knew it all, then during the day it can be to catch a sincere conversation in different corners of the Bureau, where he discussed not only operational issues but also recipes for liqueurs. In the evening. In. did not stay a moment on the job, and just briskly, walking home. He loved his family, he loved his job. Therefore, the morning rush to work happily, and at night, without stopping, briskly walking home. I do not doubt a second that he is happy. T. e. phrase: ' Grow a son, plant a tree, build dom' is a formula for personal happiness.
On the other hand? . Einstein. Look what his world fame! .
At the beginning of this article, I actually identified the axiom: ' Be happy, it means to live life not in vain! ' . And if you know what your purpose in life, so you know, why do you live '. Further, I have a basis for further arguments to the two very different examples of happiness. How do they differ? . The second example is a global happiness. When you praised great achievement, and the grateful citizens erected a monument to you, remember you, and your name is thundering through the ages. It turns out that happiness is at least two types of.
Now, if you observe the life and history, we see that the global reach of happiness may be one, and even personal, not every. And at the same time, the unrealistic and other -.
So, then, at the age of 18 I decided it was better to act ' likely ' and try to achieve in the first place of personal happiness. And as for global - that's how it goes. What this means is not common words, and the points, specifically? .
His wife, clever, beautiful.
wonderful child. Better than two.
His home in a beautiful place.
The work, which I like, not routine.
hobby.
Oh, the reader is immediately appreciated the incredible complexity of this, simple at first glance, the plan! .
Note that this list is absent any mention of a career. In those 18 years of his, I realized that a career does not play any role in the formation of personal happiness. From the work requires it to be:.
interesting.
not a routine.
Money from it was enough for a normal life, vacation, gifts for family and friends on the car. In general, the chic is not necessary.
Implementation of these items does not necessarily involve career development.
years have passed. During all this time I wanted to make a career, but wanted to do interesting work. There were times when I went to work for money I do not quite interesting and routine work. I confirm that happiness can not be with this kind of work. The present work meets all the points, and no desire to make a career I do not have. On the contrary, cause rejection of the idea of managerial work. I am programmer, I like to program, and then see how other people use my software, and they need them. They were important result of my work! .
Support his ideas I found in the records of conversations with Russian programmers Microsoft's site. http://www. gotdotnet. ru /. In an interview with the developer told me that Microsoft, many workers do not seek to make a career, become a product manager, etc. Dr.. Moreover, there are cases the reverse transition, from managers to programmers. People just enjoy doing things you love to program -. They have enough money, life - motive been established to strain to make a career there. That goes back to the programmers.
Communicating with friends, programmers, work colleagues, I noticed that many people like to program, and they clearly avoided the leadership of. Many programmers are working on more than 8 hours a day because they like their job. There is even an anecdote that employers, cranks, t. to. programmers to pay money for what they would do so simply because programmers like to program.
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Now back to Downshifting. Why are critics of this movement are reading between the lines, superficial, missing the essential thing? . The site is the definition downshifter '. can. accompanied by a decrease in salary and position... '. Maybe, but not necessarily. You can be a leader, but at the end of the day to go home to his family, rather than build from a workaholic. You can decide that enough that I goad and decide to open a small business (for example, knitting to do ). I knew, for example, decided that he does not like to program and went to another firm with a decrease in salary, but to head. Behind all these actions lies a general idea of working in a fun -. And that is what is said in the first sentence of the definition Downshifting '. life for themselves and their families. '. And the fact that this phrase is in first place in the definition shows that it is more important. possible. lower salaries and positions. So, the main - happiness. The form of his achievements as a lack of commitment to a career, lowering the wage, etc. - Is the second time. If you are in the blood to control others, go to the leaders, if there is such a talent - Knit sandals ( or whatever you do best ).
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It so happened that the IT industry is built on the programming as a hobby, and to this day, thousands of programmers quit their jobs to open a startup or shareware to do. Brin and Page launched its first search engine as a purely scientific experiment, to break their ideas. The money came later. But when they started to do it a career, how zashibit million they certainly did not think. They were interested and they did it... um, for myself, for myself ( my family they did not yet exist ). They downshifter? . Think again coming to Apple, he launched the production of the legendary family of computers iMac- cute and made explicit in the wave of enthusiasm, fun at work. While Apple tried before him to survive on a purely pragmatic, business plans, but without zest, without a spark. I almost went bankrupt. Again, the success of the personality, passionate people, living for themselves. He downshifter?.
So, where I'm going. Stupid is a lesson to share in the downshifter and downshifter. And what then, when the share? . Agree, nonsense. After all, if we classify people. chief. daunshifterstva grounds ' to live for himself and his family ', the IT-industry for at least 50% downshifter.
However, neither I, and none of my colleagues have never identified themselves to the movement downshifter. Everyone lives their lives for pleasure. So, I basically do not understand condemn Downshifting some famous bloggers. Even it's not that it is not clear, but I do not care what they think about it. Surely there must be beer club, society, protection of children. Here and there a regular fashion as a society, club or movement. Neither club beer or protection of children do not cause such a discussion as downshifter. Relax!.
PS: It is not always an exact translation reflects the essence of the movement. I would not call the movement 'game for a fall ', a ' society for not napryazhno life'.
Happy New Year and colleagues! .
