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> I quite frankly feel I'm only doing it for the money. I think this describes everyone's relationship to work. If your current employer stopped paying you wo
by frompdx 6y ago
> I quite frankly feel I'm only doing it for the money.
I think this describes everyone's relationship to work. If your current employer stopped paying you would you keep showing up? If the more fulfilling job stopped paying you, would you keep showing up?
Usually if I decide I want to change jobs I am looking for something that is both more fulfilling and higher pay rather than one or the other. If I did not have to work, I wouldn't.
- bruce511 6y agoAlas this does not describe everyone's relationship to work. Huge communities of people work really hard for zero money to get job satisfaction. You need look no further than many open source projects to see this, not to mention armies of volunteers at any charity shop etc. While it is rare to find that perfect job, where you are both fulfilled and paid well, it is certainly something to hang into when you find it. For me, I programmed for free long before anyone paid me, and I'll program for free when they stop paying me. In between I have earned dramatically lower pay working for myself, on projects I enjoy, with minimal oversight, than I would have gotten working for some corporate as a cog in the machine. I don't envy my rich Google compatriots - it would kill me to do their job. The old cliche says if you find a job you love, you'll never work a day in your life. That's bogus. Work is still work, and I work harder than most,but the work is meaningful, satisfying, and fulfilling. (_and_ I get paid :)) To answer your question though I dug out this story I read a long time ago https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/31077/when-his-project-was-canceled-unemployed-programmer-kept-sneaking-apple-finish-job https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/31077/when-his-project-w...