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Here we have @pluralistic doing a wisdom again.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/21/blockheads-r-us/#vocational-awe

Something I'll add:

Vocational awe also extends to many people who entered STEM with real interest. Spending your whole life pursuing one avenue of research means you'll have to work wherever they'll pay for that research.

This is a theme I explore in my upcoming novel, which focuses on systemic exploitation of high-knowledge workers and one scientist's enraged reaction to it.