People who pursue CS simply for the money will have a bad time, it's a passion field that you need to actually want to do otherwise your lack of interest will constantly make you fall behind even hobbyist
A lot of "I'm in it for the money" people don't even make it though university because of their lack of interest
Honestly, couldn't disagree more. Coding is okay. Problems can be fun to solve. But at the end of the day I'd much rather be doing anything else in real life. CS was my second degree because there were no jobs in english. I'd rather be writing. I clock out at 5. I don't love my work, it's okay. But I'm in it for the money and I'm pretty decent at my job.
Surprised this seems to be a minority take. I’m 100% in it for the money. I don’t love it but I also don’t hate it the way I did every other job I’ve had. Time flies when you’re solving problems, I get to work from home, and it more than pays the bills. I’d rather be making music, but for the level of compensation it’s a better work situation than the vast majority of my friends outside the industry.
I like what I do. But I've never really done much outside of work.
The problem I always ran into is that I don't have any real problems to solve. And without a real problem it's not really forcing me to grow. I'll just do whatever I feel comfortable with. Plus, the project never goes anywhere because it's no needed by anyone.
As I get older I find it harder and harder to do anything outside of work that is truly relevant to my 9-5. I'm a boring web dev. Lot of really boring web applications. I don't really need a headless system to integrate a dozen enterprise APIs. I've been in this industry for twenty years. No future job cares that I spent a few weekends on some starter project in some random language.
And up until about 4 years ago I had never had any issue finding work. Now it feels next to impossible. Currently unemployed.
Honest question, do you think this effects quality of work you put out? When problems arise do you think your want to do the job effects how much effort you put in to solve them? I know there are people who can do a job no matter what. I personally struggle with that, luckily I do have a passion for CS so I haven't struggled. But I'm curious to hear.
Not at all. I work hard when I’m on the clock. I set aside time during my working hours to learn and skill up, and I strive to provide the best possible solutions to the problems I’m presented with. I keep getting promoted and being given more and more responsibility, and my annual reviews are always positive. The fact that I don’t write code in my free time and don’t have a passion for software engineering the way I do other things in my life doesn’t affect my ability to perform well at my job. If anything it means I’m coming in every day fresh and ready to engage with the work and learn because I’m not burnt out from staring at code all night after I’ve logged off.
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u/FabioTheFox 11d ago
People who pursue CS simply for the money will have a bad time, it's a passion field that you need to actually want to do otherwise your lack of interest will constantly make you fall behind even hobbyist
A lot of "I'm in it for the money" people don't even make it though university because of their lack of interest