The "love or money" struck a chord. It's similar to "when your hobby becomes your job, you no longer have a hobby." It certainly adds new concerns. There's the

The "love or money" struck a chord. It's similar to "when your hobby becomes your job, you no longer have a hobby." It certainly adds new concerns. There's the finding that rewards can be demotivating: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/motivation.html http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/motivation.html (HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=783939 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=783939) There's pg's idea, of working hard to make lots of money, so you are free to work on what you really enjoy. And 37Signals' idea, of a lifestyle business that you enjoy working at in the first place (assuming you resolve the above added concerns and demotivation).