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Re:Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years an... by onemoresoop on Sunday May 31, 2020 @01:08AM (#23367355)
Who cares about the money when one has an ounce of passion for it
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Re:Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years an... by ChuckNorris89 on Sunday May 31, 2020 @05:38AM (#23368361)
Because you need money to eat and pay rent and most importantly provide for your family or offspring if you have any.
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Re:Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years an... by onemoresoop on Sunday May 31, 2020 @11:32AM (#23370165)
Yeah, I didn’t mean working for free, but working on a less glamorous salary with all the other human perks is sometimes just fine, especially if one’s done raising kids and does work to fulfil the calling
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Re:Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years an... by ido on Sunday May 31, 2020 @06:34AM (#23368593)
I can probably comfortably finance my family (2 kids, wife works part time) on half my current income, but I want to get paid as much as I can (it's not my top priority, but I certainly prefer more money than less).

Stuff like the comment you answered to is how the people pulling in the actual big bucks hope to get you to work for cheap.

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