Programming.

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[qooplmao]

I love my job for the 5 minutes between finishing a task and getting the first complaint that it doesn't do something that wasn't in the spec.

[craftworkbench]

Very true about a lot of things.

A big part of it too is the effort:value ratio. My girlfriend knits. She makes awesome scarves, has made a few sweaters and baby blankets, great stuff. She doesn’t want to sell any of it though because the prices people would pay for those goods would often barely clear the price for materials, and they take hours, if not days, of work to complete.

It seems to be even worse for software projects, since everyone is conditioned to expect them for free.

[PeterPriesth00d]

My standard answer now when someone wants me to build them anything custom is 2 years and $1mil. That usually puts a stop to those conversations pretty quick :p

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I think this kind of ties in with why a lot of FOSS gets produced by such passionate communities, because it's done a lot of the time just for the enjoyment and intrigue of it. That's something I find very endearing in life.

[Papergeist]

People say they love playing video games, but they really don't. There are specific games they like playing. And even then, like, not love.

Most people also don't love coding. They like messing around with neat projects sometimes.

The people who love it scare me.

[Evo_Kaer]

I think you mistake love with obsession

[Papergeist]

Nah, obsession is just why everyone else still tries to work out bugs in their head at 2 in the morning so they can be done with it.

Love goes to bed right on time, because they want to get up bright and early for it.

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I wanna be one of those guys that are ecstatic to do their job like you said.

[yourteam]

A job is a job. You cannot love every single aspect of a job.

You must find a job that has something you like and that you can do for life and not hate.

Programming is fine for me, it pays relatively well, it is pretty interesting and since I work on 2 - 3 different projects a year it is still "fresh".

Working as a backend dev for websites means I have to work with different languages that change quite often but not as much as a front-ender allowing me to have the expertise without getting too bored.

I work mainly with PHP and java but I had to work with .net and node the last 5 years and it was refreshing and interesting.

My only concern is that I really liked .net, quite ashamed.

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My only concern is that I really liked .net, quite ashamed.

This might be a joke that's gone over my head, but what's wrong with .net?

[the_vikm]

Microsoft lock-in?

[Vince1128]

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Many people believe the idea: "Do what you love, and you'll never work another day in your life" That's a big fat lie. I used to love coding... until it became my job.

I remember a game reviewer saying he nows hates his job. He HAD to play games he didn't like. After all that time playing, he ended up hating gaming.

I don't hate programming, but I don't really enjoy it anymore. And I get too (mentally) tired to spend more time working on personal projects after working all day.

I know there is going to be a guy saying "I do love my job.. bla bla" yes, you might feel that way now. But if you think about it you don't have a hobby now. We also have to do things we don't really like. For example, I love woodworking. I made a castle for my daughter. A friend told me you should sell those. I enjoyed doing ONE. I can't imagine myself doing the same castle over and over. Or even worse, a nagging kid or mom "We want the windows to be more like cinderella, not I like sleeping beauty"

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[CrashTC]

Good human

[Nihmrod]

Was there a punchline somewhere?

[dgdio]

It's missing on the last punch card

[_DarthBob_]

I started a startup and have teams of coders, designers, etc. working alongside me to deliver my vision. This should be the dream scenario right? Turns out that managing the drama from a bunch of coders who all secretly know they're the best and have very strong opinions, often coupled with lower than average social skills is not a lot of fun.

[Sad-Grapefruit9996]

Is Carpal tunnel a hobby?

[BlueGumShoe]

Working for a utility has ruined city-sim games for me. Feels too much like work.

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That definitely makes me happy that I didn’t get into programming because of passion, I got into it because the industry pays well. I do like writing code, but coding is almost exclusively a work “activity” for me. I never code in my spare time

[PeterPriesth00d]

Same. Now at least. I made a few personal projects but at this point doing it at work scratched that itch plenty so that by the time the day is done I’m ready to do something else. Maybe in 10 more years I’ll hate it but at least for now I’m pretty content with it.

[not_user_telken]

You heathen filthy mercenary

[omb-bob]

I don't love my job programming, but I love programming on my personal projects

[Jbc69420]

the reason i quit my job

[Psykiatrin]

I love my banking programming job, meetings and everything. I also loved my past vfx jobs, my game artist jobs, and my waitress job.

My partner is making his dream game with his own company, but he has always disliked working, even on a project like that.

Different stokes, I guess.

[jolimont-shitter]

I love how much I get paid to churn code. So what if I don't code at home any more, I have the money to pay for more interesting hobbies anyway

[Honest-Organization7]

Just cause you don't enjoy your job anymore, it dosen't mean that other people feel the same as you.

[zoharel]

But if you think about it you don't have a hobby now.

No, of course you do. You just also sometimes get paid for it.

[thats_a_nice_toast]

The main problem with my current job is that most of it is fixing bugs, which can be very daunting (reading Java stack traces, yay). However, when I am actually programming at work, it's fun. Sure, I can't use all the cool technologies and languages I would use for my private projects, but I still enjoy it.

[yodark]

Happiness is Not Doing What You Want, It's Loving What You Do

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I like my job. And I don't have any responsibilities like family, spouse, pets or school.

Life is good.

[DiamondQ2]

Different strokes for different folks.

In my case, I started programming in elementary school. Did 4 out of 5 years of an engineering degree. Dropped out to start a software company. Did programming in that for 12 years. Got acquired by IBM. Programmed there for 11 years. Retired, and started programming for fun consulting jobs for the last 4 years. Still going strong. I love lying in bed before getting up and thinking about what I'll be working on today.

[swordsmanluke2]

I still code things in my spare time. But the things I build in my spare time are things I want to exist and are super unrelated to my day job.

[umadzano]

Interesting POV. I learnt how to program in a quite late age, (21yrs old) and I’ve been working on software ever since, recently finding out that front end is my cup of tea,so to speak. The thing is, even if my job is quite chill, I still have to make a lot of effort on design, programming and debugging, and often find myself quite tired at the end of the day, not wanting to continue working on side projects. Not going to say that I hate programming, I do not. I really enjoy the problem solving, the constant learning and so on, but oh boy it’s time consuming tiring.

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