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The constraint that you need to generate value also makes it fun, or at least, rewarding (to the heart) 2 programs. One only gets used by me, the other by 100
by quickthrower2 4y ago
The constraint that you need to generate value also
makes it fun, or at least, rewarding (to the heart)
2 programs. One only gets used by me, the other by 100 people. It is way more fun to write the second. Compensation being equal and all.
- WJW 4y agoI don't know. I've written programs used by millions in an enterprise-grade code base and the amount of paperwork, poor management, meetings and mandatory HR trainings made the process not much fun at all, even if compensation was pretty good. OTOH I really enjoyed the programs used just by me, written in my spare time exactly the way I want.
- rob74 4y agoI can relate to both: if you can be proud of your work ("I helped build this, and hundreds of people are using it"), that's a good feeling. If however the process is bureaucratic and you feel like a small cog in the machine without any influence on how the project will turn out, then I can understand that it's not a satisfying experience. Depending on the project, you can also have both - on some days you will have the former feeling, on some days the latter.