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“ The test of whether people love what they do is whether they'd do it even if they weren't paid for it—even if they had to work at another job to make a living
by minblaster 7y ago
“ The test of whether people love what they do is whether they'd do it even if they weren't paid for it—even if they had to work at another job to make a living. How many corporate lawyers would do their current work if they had to do it for free, in their spare time, and take day jobs as waiters to support themselves?”
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If you aren’t honest with yourself about why you got into a profession it may wear against your psyche and burn you out. The lawyer knew chasing status would require a sacrifice of happiness, time, and relationships but didn’t want to admit it.
- johnchristopher 7y agoI think there's a bias against (corporate) lawyers here. The ones I know would definitely do something very close to their day job. Also, it makes it seem like there's an endless supply of waiter jobs lined up for the the taking. But this has been debated at length on HN https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/find-your-passion-is-terrible-advice/564932/?single_page=true https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/find-you... and https://www.theminimalists.com/cal/ https://www.theminimalists.com/cal/