Re:Is There Any Room for the Not-Passionate Developer?
by sokoloff on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @08:12AM
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> Does this make me destined to fall behind?
IMO, yes it does, but only behind a tiny sliver of developers. You can still have an excellent and rewarding (professionally and financially) without putting in the extra effort and without the "true calling" that some devs have (and many more blog about having).
If you don't have the passion to spend time on nights/weekends coding projects, don't do it. You'll still do OK. You probably won't do quite as well as someone who does, but excelling at work is only one aspect of a happy life. (I think it would be foolish to pretend though that someone else equally talented who has greater passion and puts in 50% more effort won't have better outcomes in their field over a large population study.)
IMO, yes it does, but only behind a tiny sliver of developers. You can still have an excellent and rewarding (professionally and financially) without putting in the extra effort and without the "true calling" that some devs have (and many more blog about having).
If you don't have the passion to spend time on nights/weekends coding projects, don't do it. You'll still do OK. You probably won't do quite as well as someone who does, but excelling at work is only one aspect of a happy life. (I think it would be foolish to pretend though that someone else equally talented who has greater passion and puts in 50% more effort won't have better outcomes in their field over a large population study.)