This is an ongoing conundrum for me. I feel incredibly fortunate to have a career doing something I enjoy doing and feel a natural compulsion to do the best I c

This is an ongoing conundrum for me. I feel incredibly fortunate to have a career doing something I enjoy doing and feel a natural compulsion to do the best I can in. But I also view work conceptually as a means to an end that takes up far too much of the years we are most able to make the most of our time on earth. The square I can’t circle is my belief that it’s fine to make a living how you can without needing personal investment in your work, combined with the absolutely horrid effects that can have on the people who do care. I can’t in good conscience expect my colleagues to be as interested in software as I am, but jesus a lot of the time I wish the average level of interest was a lot higher than it seems to be.