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Comment on Ask HN: Jobs with Meaning?

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Meaning is not an easy thing to communicate. Each philosophy puts meaning in different places, meaning of words, meaning of an image, meaning in work, ect.

Corporate jobs don't often have the capacity to provide a meaningful role. I hazard the suggestion, an internal sense of meaning can better cultivated from other sources.

What worked for me internally was a lot of literature and imaginative study that resulted in a view that fits boring and exciting tasks alike in a larger, structured meaning.

Nobody can really answer or help properly, unless someone close to you, can see the real 'me' and meaning in you and what you might explore next.

Also practically speaking meaningful jobs arent always the best places to work. Meaning often (not always) is an end in itself that does not naturally create profitable business models.

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