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Love this post by Mike Monteiro on how to find hope and keep doing what you love in an industry that you’ve come to hate. I arrived at very similar conclusions last year and this year, but he puts it so eloquently: “There are still people out there building useful things. There are still people out there designing useful things. And, there are still companies out there making useful things. They may be small, they may be unglamorous, there may be less amenities, and they may not pay as well, but there is always a premium for doing abattoir work for butchers who didn’t look too closely at where the meat was coming from. The work we need to do, and want to do, hasn’t gone away, it’s still there. And the need for useful people certainly hasn’t gone away. There’s plenty of misery in the world that useful people certainly have their work cut out for them. Your town still needs you. Your city still needs you. Your neighbors still need you. Your kids’ school still needs you. […] I think it starts with talking to people, because it always starts with talking to people. And let people know you want to continue being useful. Ask your neighbors what help they might need. Ask your developer friends what they’ve always wanted to build. Ask your designer friends what they’ve always wanted to make. Find out what’s missing in people’s lives.” https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-do-the-work/