Must one get a demanding full-time job in the private sector in order to gain self respect?Truemana wrote: ↑There's something seriously wrong with your outlook on life if you think it's okay to receive a paycheck by just coasting through life.
I'll be honest, I just have no respect for some one who believes 'if I can have an easy, well paying job while coasting through my career, why not?'. How much self respect can that person really have? Not that you necessarily don't have any self respect or anything.
I don't think I encouraged the notion of getting an easy, well-paying job and coasting through one's life and career, although I wouldn't look down on someone who does that. It's a personal choice and I respect that.
My point was, the advantage of having an easy-going job is allowing one the time to pursue things on the side and focus on things that are important to him. If he's self-motivated enough and enjoys challenges, then he is free to engage in things like entrepreneurialship, or whatever that may interest him.
Getting a demanding private sector position may provide job satisfaction to some (like yourself), but it is not the only way to gain self respect or to find challenges in life.