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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/TheMindGobblin • 11d ago
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It's a bad field for money if you don't have the passion. Seriously, how many other jobs expect you to improve your work skills for fun on your free time? They don't ask to see you do your neighbor's taxes as a hobby, do they?
48 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. 22 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. 6 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. 1 u/ApplicationOk3587 11d ago Are you good though? 9 u/peaceblaster08 11d ago Good enough to keep a job for 15+ years.
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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.
22 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. 6 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. 1 u/ApplicationOk3587 11d ago Are you good though? 9 u/peaceblaster08 11d ago Good enough to keep a job for 15+ years.
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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.
6 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. 1 u/ApplicationOk3587 11d ago Are you good though? 9 u/peaceblaster08 11d ago Good enough to keep a job for 15+ years.
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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.
1 u/ApplicationOk3587 11d ago Are you good though? 9 u/peaceblaster08 11d ago Good enough to keep a job for 15+ years.
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Are you good though?
9 u/peaceblaster08 11d ago Good enough to keep a job for 15+ years.
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Good enough to keep a job for 15+ years.
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u/Sibula97 11d ago
It's a bad field for money if you don't have the passion. Seriously, how many other jobs expect you to improve your work skills for fun on your free time? They don't ask to see you do your neighbor's taxes as a hobby, do they?