I Guess I'm Not A 501 Developer

Re:I Guess I'm Not A 501 Developer by driverdan on Wednesday April 18, 2012 @01:04PM (#3858972)

There is a difference between a job and a career. Taking a job you don't like to make ends meet while you try to find work doing something you're passionate about is one thing. Having a career doing something you're not passionate about is entirely different.

There's also a difference between passion and enjoyment. I can understand your work being enjoyable but not your passion. During one trip to LA I got a burger at In-N-Out. The high school aged people working there were clearly enjoying what they were doing, they made it fun while providing fast, kick ass customer service. I know developers who enjoy what they do but their real passion is something entirely different.

To me making a career out of something you don't enjoy or aren't passionate about is crazy.

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Re:I Guess I'm Not A 501 Developer by dasil003 on Wednesday April 18, 2012 @02:01PM (#3859328)

You don't wanna know what happens to the In-N-Out employees if they ever stop smiling though.

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Re:I Guess I'm Not A 501 Developer by adrianbravo on Wednesday April 18, 2012 @03:20PM (#3859748)

Animal-style is people?

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Re:I Guess I'm Not A 501 Developer by tjr on Wednesday April 18, 2012 @02:25PM (#3859453)

Sure, I enjoyed working as a clerk at a grocery store. It was fun. If it paid as well as programming, I'd probably be content to still be working at a grocery store, and doing programming for fun in the evenings, as the grocery work comes with built-in physical exercise...

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