[OT] Extra time spent

Meta via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Mon Jun 2 10:52:02 PDT 2014


On Monday, 2 June 2014 at 17:41:09 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> 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.

This may be a sign that your work is not interesting and/or 
challenging enough, or you're not getting an opportunity to learn 
new things. One of the most fun coding experiences I've had in a 
long time was implementing a simple scripting language at my 
current job.


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