> i think in most cases it's harmful to give one single > iota of a fuck about whatever it is you do for work > unless you work for yourself. 40 hours of e

> i think in most cases it's harmful to give one single > iota of a fuck about whatever it is you do for work > unless you work for yourself. 40 hours of every week > of your life, at a minimum, is being used to further > someone else's goals, and you have no choice in this > because you have to survive. I agree with your sentiment for the most part. For many (most?) jobs this is true. But software development feels like a potential exception to me. Being passionate about your boring-corporate-CRUD-coding job can do more than further your corporate bosses' goals. It can be self-investment as well. By improving your own craft by "passionately" coding for your corporate masters you can put yourself in a position to command a better salary, get a job you actually like, start your own business, etc. Of course it's very very very possible to passionately... slave away for somebody else as a coder without furthering any of your own goals.