It was, "Why are you doing the work that you're doing?" And so often their answer would be, "Well, because somebody told me I'm supposed to." And I realized that so many people around us are climbing their way up this ladder that someone tells them to climb, and it ends up being leaned up against the wrong wall, or no wall at all.
Я понял, что многие карабкаются по служебной лестнице, по которой кто-то сказал им карабкаться, а она оказывается прислонённой не к той стене или вообще зависает в воздухе.