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But if you get paid to do what you personally value, isn't that the ultimate win?

• ryanlol 7y ago
  This might sound harsh, but if the best thing in life is IT administration for some company then you haven’t looked very far. But hey, who knows, maybe they work for a charity or something?
  • puranjay 7y ago
    At a personal level, I'm not a fan of this generalization that being an IT admin (or any other boring job) is inherently inferior than, I don't know, skateboarding or playing the guitar for a living. Different people like different things.
    • kerkeslager 7y ago
      That's true, but the way people do things they enjoy when it's a job is very different from how they do them when it's a hobby. I write code for a living, and I write code for fun. I would never choose to write the code I write for a living if I weren't getting paid to, and it's unlikely I'll ever get paid for the code I write for fun.
  • Matticus_Rex 7y ago
    Yeah, the question is IT administration for what. I do a lot of stuff in my job that I don't enjoy for its own sake, but I enjoy it because I feel alignment with the purpose the organization is serving.