[OT] Extra time spent

[Nick Sabalausky via Digitalmars-d]

On 6/1/2014 7:59 PM, w0rp wrote:
> I can't get enough of programming myself. I'm only 25 at the moment, but
> programming has been endless fun for me.

I always used to be like that (hell, I was *known* for that). But then 
once I started doing it for $ that quickly sucked most of the enjoyment 
out of it. Seems to be that everything changes when you're doing 
something as a job instead of just for the heck of it.

Like cooking: The worst jobs I've ever had (by far) were in restaurants, 
but I've slowly been enjoying cooking at home more and more. Last night 
I've even cooked up a little something just to unwind, which was quite a 
strange first for me.

Anyway, point being, doing something for a paycheck always seems to 
change it just enough to suck all the fun out of it. At least for me anyway.