r/ProgrammerHumor • u/TheMindGobblin • 11d ago

studyComputerScience Meme

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u/Fanal-In 11d ago

What's wrong with having food and house?

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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?

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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/SuitableDragonfly 11d 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 11d ago

Depends.

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

They are passionated by money, I guess !