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I think it's awesome you had the courage to admit that here. There's nothing wrong with just working a job from 9-5 to fund your passions. Programmers tend to t

• leppr 11y ago
  >Programmers tend to take offense at it though, for some reason Probably the same reason passionate musicians take offense when lazy garbage tunes make it to the charts: Gauging the quality of music is something most people can't do, and they feel robbed because they're not compensated proportionately to the amount of their effort compared to those other unpassionate musicians.
  • camelNotation 10y ago
    The thing is, I feel the same way about my hobbies. Why can't I make as much $/hr as a carpenter or landscaper? Why can't the market accept that this is what I would prefer rather than working as a programmer by day and carpenter in my spare time? Simply put, the market values what it values. There is a definite limit to how much it will care about your passion because other people eventually care about their own money and time too much to give it to you. Unless I am willing to work long hours, I can't make nearly as much as I do now working just over 40 a week. In business for myself I wouldn't have access to the same benefits I get in my programming job. Nothing would compare.