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Re: The fashion for passion

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Post by MailleQuiMaille » Tue, Feb 14, 2023, 6:58 PM UTC

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #23

I love what I do, but most folks here probably think I'm crazy (and they may have a point). I work (very hard –possibly harder than I ever have, in my life) for free. I'm grateful to have the means to do that. I got those means by working on stuff I didn't like working on. I love coding. I love solving problems. I love shipping. I love writing user interfaces. I love writing device control code. But I have found that…

Will some people profit financially from your work ? If yes, how do you feel about it ?

Re: The fashion for passion

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY » Tue, Feb 14, 2023, 7:18 PM UTC

MailleQuiMaille wrote: post #41

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #23

I love what I do, but most folks here probably think I'm crazy (and they may have a point). I work (very hard –possibly harder than I ever have, in my life) for free. I'm grateful to have the means to do that. I got those means by working on stuff I didn't like working on. I love coding. I love solving problems. I love shipping. I love writing user interfaces. I love writing device control code. But I have found that…

Will some people profit financially from your work ? If yes, how do you feel about it ?

No. If anyone does, it will only be because I get a slice.

But that would only happen if the software is modified (as it was designed to do).

Unlike most of my stuff, this is not open-source.

Re: The fashion for passion

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Post by noduerme » Wed, Feb 15, 2023, 7:12 AM UTC

bartread wrote: post #40

noduerme wrote: post #9

This is probably an outcropping of the trend in '90s prep schools to force students to have pitch-perfect side projects for their college applications. That shit never sat right with me. Here are a few side projects I've found employers don't really want to hear about, but find hard to say no to: "I run a bitcoin casino" "I build genetic algorithms to hack the stock market so I can make fuck-you money and quit this j…

How are the first two going?

Shut down the casino in 2012, so. Didn't make a fortune, but didn't go to jail. I consider that one a win.

The stock algo continues apace.. I won't be buying a private jet anytime soon, but it did help me pay off a new roof...

Re: The fashion for passion

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Post by AlexeyBelov » Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 7:23 AM UTC

DwnVoteHoneyPot wrote: post #38

Loughla wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I unfortunately suggested that maybe for a company like Google, too high salaries would bring people in who "work for money and not passion". I mean, that is literally the argument for education, social work, elder care, domestic abuse advocates, CASA, and any other number of social services fields. Why not google? Why shouldn't that argument apply to google as well? Also: >Still, trends like Quiet Quiting seem like…

It's easily the worse response. How does doing the minimum help you? How does having a bad attitude help the situation? It doesn't make you happier. It doesn't improve your relationships. It doesn't improve your skills. It doesn't make you more money.

It definitely makes you happier: you stop going overboard for your company and therefore have more time and mental capacity to enjoy life outside your job. It in no way means you should do a bad job or anything like that.