tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034399454083305947.post962078809107853485..comments2024-03-24T07:50:56.426-04:00Comments on Vaulting and Vellum: Generational DifferencesVaultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13686632678496609427noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034399454083305947.post-57609404627213387602010-08-25T17:37:02.062-04:002010-08-25T17:37:02.062-04:00I think Devo is a band that didn't cross the A...I think Devo is a band that didn't cross the Atlantic, I actually got that album just the other day because of people in the US going on about in spaces of the Internet I read. But while I am ancient compared to V & V, you could do just the same generation gaps in the UK, and the same processes are at work. Here of course the left blames Margaret Thatcher. Anyway, I just wanted to say, yes, one of the big reasons (and it took me years and a pair of successive angry partners taking my personality to bits to realise this, too) I remain invested in academia is that at some point I might be able to say, "I have a job, I don't have to look for a job ever again if I do things right, I can now start assuming I have a <i>home</i>." It's a big thing not to have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034399454083305947.post-2933738694318043182010-08-23T12:02:47.482-04:002010-08-23T12:02:47.482-04:00Are we not men? We are Devo!
Depending on how the...Are we not men? We are Devo!<br /><br />Depending on how the demographers decree, I'm either Gen X or a Boomer, but I feel like a Gen X-er, especially when it comes to musical history and the employment culture of those around me, particularly my husband and sister. I may have secure, tenured employment, but I sure don't think this is the norm, sad to say.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093558563358431804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034399454083305947.post-78181513363858733712010-08-23T01:05:50.192-04:002010-08-23T01:05:50.192-04:00My grandfather worked for one company for more tha...My grandfather worked for one company for more than 50 years. My father worked there for 20 before switching to his current, where he has been for 15. I can only hope to be lucky enough to be somewhere for that long. Right now, I'd settle for a job where I'm not found unnecessary after 12 months. I suspect I'm not alone.Vaultinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686632678496609427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034399454083305947.post-72651518125936523522010-08-23T00:33:59.732-04:002010-08-23T00:33:59.732-04:00If you never leave a job you never learn the '...If you never leave a job you never learn the 'contractor mentality', ie that when a job is done you go out the door and that's it - end of relationship.<br /><br />And you learn to do a good job, because that's why they pay you, but also not to care (much), so you become highly professional competent etc but ever so slightly disengaged.<br /><br />Work ceases to be about satisfaction but basically about money. And that's kind of sad.dgmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16429298708780406789noreply@blogger.com