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You ( and many people, including me ) are attracted to the romanticized version of what you think such job is. There are valid reasons for this, anyone who wor
by PedroBatista 7y ago
You ( and many people, including me ) are attracted to the romanticized version of what you think such job is.
There are valid reasons for this, anyone who works with software for a while feels that he works so much but never made something you could actually touch and always has to explain to people the real value of his work because it's not obvious for the "common folk" ( even your boss ). So, making a deck is a physical, obvious and long lasting thing you can be proud of and easily pointed out when you seek for approval/praise ( everyone wants/needs that, some more than others )
- Notorious_BLT 7y agoI know all jobs are jobs, and all work is work, and I have no plans to bail on my software job for another field. But like you mention, the tangible, physical, lasting product of your efforts is an attractive concept. That's probably the reason I like to make stuff in my spare time, and why I prefer to show that stuff off rather than talk about my work most of the time. I don't have to explain why my work is interesting or important. Even if the stuff I make isn't 'important', people can appreciate a finished physical thing and the work that went into it, and I can dive into details about how I made it and the choices I made.