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Re:The silent majority in software by cubancigar11 on Monday August 29, 2022 @04:12AM (#32635816)
Because they have no love for the job. They are doing it for something else and so are only interested in working on things that have a visible and clear return.

These people are also good at politics. There is a reason bill gates is rich and rms isn't.

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Re:The silent majority in software by galoisgirl on Monday August 29, 2022 @05:59AM (#32636374)
Not necessarily. I love my job, and I keep a work-life balance to keep it that way.

Love does not mean spending every waking hour on something.

I love my spouse, yet I need to socialize with other people, as well as alone time.

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Re:The silent majority in software by yamtaddle on Monday August 29, 2022 @10:03AM (#32638380)
There's nothing—nothing—I would love to do 40ish hours per week, every single week, 48-50ish weeks per year. Nothing.

A full-time programming job fills up maybe 200% of the time I want to spend on that in a year.

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Re:The silent majority in software by citizenkeen on Monday August 29, 2022 @09:09AM (#32637738)
This is the viewpoint of somebody who doesn’t have any other loves in their life.

I love my job. A lot. I also love my wife, my kids, my friends, my community, and a wide variety of time intensive hobbies.

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