That is one way to view the job,
Yeah, there's a reasonably large stack of valid takes on the role.
But I don't think of myself as performing a service for my regular groups. We are all playing together and it so happens I much prefer to be the GM, they in a way they are doing me a service by letting me take on that role.
I'm in a different position. In terms of engaging in the activity itself, I prefer playing to running the game. However, nobody else wants to run the game, and even if they did, I'm rather better at it than the rest of the group.
Luckily, I'm a fairly service-oriented person. I like helping. So, I get a goodly chunk of enjoyment out of their enjoyment.
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