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Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with professional jealousy and ge... by Drdrdrq on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @04:19PM (#9343626)
Really? I must be an exception then. I love what I do and wouldn't want to stop doing it. That said, I can imagine myself in a few other jobs too, so it might be my attitude towards work that makes me happy.
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Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with professional jealousy and ge... by kamaal on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @04:51PM (#9343886)
I'm not talking of happiness in that context. You are never truly free if as long as you have to work to make a living.

Once you have financial independence you can do anything you want, take unlimited vacations, learn music, go hiking, ride a motorcycle all day, heck you can even code all day and work on interesting projects without the fear of getting fired, denied a raise or whatever.

Work you like makes you happy, but not free.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with professional jealousy and ge... by devnul3 on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @05:59PM (#9344340)
Your statements carry with them the implicit assumption that "anything you want to do" and what you do to make a living aren't the same thing. For some they are.
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