Re:The complicated reality of doing what you love
by spoonjim on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @01:54AM
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There’s still a world of difference between hobby and professional software development. In hobby software you fix the bugs that you fix; in professional software you fix the bugs that your paying customers hit. I think it’s why free software has had limited success in end-user applications.
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Re:The complicated reality of doing what you love
by foxfluff on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @04:36AM
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A different take: in professional software, you fix the things your boss tells (or allows) you to fix, while in free software, you fix the things that need to be fixed. I think that's why I find most commercial software to be a trash fire compared to free software.
Re:The complicated reality of doing what you love
by spoonjim on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @07:25PM
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In application software? Which ones, specifically?
Re:The complicated reality of doing what you love
by Fire-Dragon-DoL on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @02:40AM
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I can see that, what I'm trying to say though is that I don't know in which category I fit: hobby and professional are bot very engaging, sometimes I want to work at the stuff fot my job, other times for my pet projects.
How would you define this given the premise of the op?