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This guy doesn't seem to get that work could be rewarding.
by pg 17y ago
This guy doesn't seem to get that work could be rewarding.
- diego 17y agoI agree. For those of us who make software, spending a significant part of our day thinking about interesting problems and interacting with like-minded people is its own reward. A few years back I took a year off and spent some time coding for fun at home, but it just wasn't the same. I missed the daily interaction and the random conversations. For people like us, the question of "why keep working" has an obvious answer.
- apowell 17y agoPerhaps the article would be more accurately titled "Why do the rich and unhappy keep working?" I don't think anything in this article contradicts the idea that one would choose to continue working because they find it rewarding. If we divide the population of people wealthy enough to choose not to work into "those who find work rewarding" and "those who do not find work rewarding", I think this article is exclusively about the latter group.