Our son isn’t creating anything cool, there is no potential financial windfall in the future, but most shifts he feels like he made a difference. Those shifts are 12 hours long, and in 63 days, 90% of those hours will be in the dark. It’s not an easy job, but he loves it, so for him the hours aren’t a problem.
Today is a day off. He’s teaching a class from 8-5. That’s 9 hours of lucrative overtime, but he’s doing it to better prepare his co-workers for dangerous, dynamic, potentially tragic events.
There are young adults out there that are willing to work long hours. If they combine those hours with a willingness to collaborate and connect with peers and managers across different departments, I have no doubt that they’ll become more successful than the clock watchers.