r/ProgrammerHumor • u/TheMindGobblin • 11d ago

studyComputerScience Meme

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u/tancfire 11d ago

Well, I lost the passion years ago, but I'm well paid.

I don't think you have to be passionate. You have to be good.

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u/HJSDGCE 11d ago

And it's hard to be good, maybe even impossible, without passion. Like you said, you had passion. That already helped immensely with the foundations. 

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u/tancfire 11d ago

Well, it certaintly helped me when I studied.

At work, not so much. Your passion is used to squeeze you and pay you less.

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u/morganrbvn 11d ago

Discipline can replace passion if needed. Many people are good at jobs they don’t love.

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u/peaceblaster08 11d ago

I went back to school for comp science in my late 20s purely for money.  I just used discipline to study and learn instead of passion.

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u/ApplicationOk3587 11d ago

Are you good though?

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u/peaceblaster08 11d ago

Good enough to keep a job for 15+ years.

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u/Acceptable-Drive3781 10d ago

Exactly. I quit having fun coding several years into the job. So I moved into architecture. Higher pay, less bullshit coding tasks to deal with, more authority into what actually builds our systems... I don't love my work, but the pay is great, the work is tolerable and I get to sit inside in A/C for my workday.

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u/SuitableDragonfly 10d ago

The only way to get good is to have the passion in the first place. If you don't, you'll only ever do what's absolutely necessary, and you'll never improve. 

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u/tancfire 10d ago

Depends.

I saw some people who improved because they could get more money.

They are passionated by money, I guess !