Re:Do You Really Want to be Doing this When You're 50?
by TheFuture on Wednesday October 10, 2012 @04:26PM
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My point was more how as programmers, the emotional toll of everything that we're making will be destroyed, usually in only a few years.
Yes, we're paid. But it's hard to have satisfying work when the result you produce becomes worthless. It would be like spending 12 months carving a beautiful piece of furniture out of wood, get paid $100k for your work, and then handing it to the owner who lights it on fire right in front of you.
Yes, we're paid. But it's hard to have satisfying work when the result you produce becomes worthless. It would be like spending 12 months carving a beautiful piece of furniture out of wood, get paid $100k for your work, and then handing it to the owner who lights it on fire right in front of you.