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Very few people are lucky enough to have a day job that is also their passion. And even fewer have a manager who is nice and colleagues that are nice etc etc. B
by sushshshsh 6y ago
Very few people are lucky enough to have a day job that is also their passion. And even fewer have a manager who is nice and colleagues that are nice etc etc. Based on that fact, I'm happy that I'm programming for a living and not welding or farming.
- _throwaway2347 6y agoYes, I get that perspective. Although, I don't think I would call programming my "passion." Sometimes I like to build cool things and programming is one way to do it.
- karmakaze 6y ago> like to build cool things Seems there is a clue here. The lack of excitement could be from lack of a feedback loop. When you recognize something as cool, that's the reward. For passionate programmers, learning or executing new techniques could be theirs. I have one friend that switched to a company/team building internal tools. They're close to their users and get immediate feedback on the impact of every change that's made. There's probably many others ways to close the loop if you figure out what works for you.
- _throwaway2347 6y agoThank you! This was definitely something that I never thought about. Currently, my work does not have any type of "feedback" loop cause none of it is consumer facing.