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The person who said this article should have been titled "Started doing Marketing for My Passion and It Appeared I Don't Love Marketing" is right on. I've met

The person who said this article should have been titled "Started doing Marketing for My Passion and It Appeared I Don't Love Marketing" is right on. I've met musicians who were totally uninterested in going to see anyone who wasn't "happening." You can't blame them, since they're trying to make a living. I always thought about programming: "I like it OK. Sometimes I like it a lot, but it's a living. I don't do it at home for fun." If you don't mind writing what sells, then that's a living. F. Scott Fitzgerald tried selling out in Hollywood, but he's not remembered for that non-passion part of his work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald

ranting-moth 3y ago
Marketing for me is a soul eroding process. I can't help but quote Terry Pratchett in Equal Rites, where he's talking about the Zoon tribe, who genetically cannot tell a lie. Some Zoons figure out a way to twist the truth and they develop great respect for him. "It must be understood that while the majority of Zoon cannot lie they have great respect for any Zoon who can say that the world is other than it is, and the Liar holds a position of considerable eminence. He represents his tribe in all his dealings with the outside world, which the average Zoon long ago gave up trying to understand. Zoon tribes are very proud of their Liars. Other races get very annoyed about all this. They feel that the Zoon ought to have adopted more suitable titles, like “diplomat” or “public relations officer.” They feel they are poking fun at the whole thing."
majikandy 3y ago
Funny, I bet many of us actually do do programming at home for fun! Also the day job. However I wouldn’t do the day job type of programming at home for fun, so I guess it is a similar concept.
- AlbertCory 3y ago
  A lot of people do. Nothing wrong with it.

ranting-moth 3y ago

Marketing for me is a soul eroding process. I can't help but quote Terry Pratchett in Equal Rites, where he's talking about the Zoon tribe, who genetically cannot tell a lie. Some Zoons figure out a way to twist the truth and they develop great respect for him. "It must be understood that while the majority of Zoon cannot lie they have great respect for any Zoon who can say that the world is other than it is, and the Liar holds a position of considerable eminence. He represents his tribe in all his dealings with the outside world, which the average Zoon long ago gave up trying to understand. Zoon tribes are very proud of their Liars. Other races get very annoyed about all this. They feel that the Zoon ought to have adopted more suitable titles, like “diplomat” or “public relations officer.” They feel they are poking fun at the whole thing."

majikandy 3y ago

Funny, I bet many of us actually do do programming at home for fun! Also the day job. However I wouldn’t do the day job type of programming at home for fun, so I guess it is a similar concept.

AlbertCory 3y ago
A lot of people do. Nothing wrong with it.