The epitomy of laziness

My son wants to be a professional video game player when he grows up, but not like this. This New York times article talks about how video game players in the US are outsourcing the early levels of video games to people overseas:

The people working at this clandestine locale are "gold farmers." Every day, in 12-hour shifts, they "play" computer games by killing onscreen monsters and winning battles, harvesting artificial gold coins and other virtual goods as rewards that, as it turns out, can be transformed into real cash. That is because, from Seoul to San Francisco, affluent online gamers who lack the time and patience to work their way up to the higher levels of gamedom are willing to pay the young Chinese here to play the early rounds for them.

Now if only I could outsource putting my Christmas Tree lights up to someone overseas.