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Re:The days are long but the decades are short (2015) by pwinnski on Monday February 08, 2021 @04:35PM (#26070492)
"Do what you love" is advice that comes from the enormous privilege some people have to make money doing what they love. I'm one of those people, so I get it, but many, many people don't love computer programming or something else profitable.

So yes, "learn to love what you do" is much, much better advice.

I've watched people (younger than I am) struggle with being in jobs they didn't love, as if they were failing. The jobs may have been failing them, but they weren't failing the jobs.

If you're lucky--as I am, as Sam Altman is--then you can do what you love. Otherwise, you have to do what pays the bills and leaves you enough free time to pursue what you love.

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Re:The days are long but the decades are short (2015) by mqrs on Monday February 08, 2021 @07:53PM (#26072514)
“Do what you love” is not so much a privileged thing to say. It’s just an ideal to aspire towards, a north star of sorts, even if you’re currently in a position where you’re only doing what pays the bills. Doing what you love is life advice on how to live a good, happy, and fulfilling life—do what pays the bills isn’t.
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