"Pay your dues" is usually code for "kiss our asses" but sometimes it means "learn to do X the boring way before trying an interesting way"
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What is reliable rule-of-thumb to distinguish between the two?
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you actually find 'paying dues' to be a rewarding activity you sense would have been necessary anyway
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hmmmmmm. I dunno. Sometimes paying dues sucks, feels unrewarding in the moment AND is necessary.
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