Re:The Two Cultures of Mathematics (2000) [pdf]
by 29athrowaway on Monday April 26, 2021 @11:09AM
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Yes, you can make money pursuing your passion. But the point is that there are a majority of people that are not interested in programming and have no passion.
Their real passion is a having a band, or hiking, traveling, etc. And programming is just a way to fund those activities.
Others feel that programming is something that unimportant people do because they feel entitled to become managers. But why would a person like to work for a person they can't learn anything from? a person that looks down on their job? Noone wants a manager like that.
you were passionate, found a job that claimed to match your passion and later found out otherwise. rinse and repeat multiple times, and there you go.
soon you started to be paycheck only at your day job and passionate off hours in your free time.