>>>>Do you ever wonder we do any of this? It’s all just for money to support our lives. Almost everyone everywhere is simply doing crap they don’t like, don’t care about, and doesn’t do a damn thing for anyone. We work simply because we have to. From the largest companies, to the lowest paid individual, we are all just part of a big, rolling machine that slowly moves on, inch-by-inch, penny-by-penny. There’s one guy in India who doesn’t have to work and has everything he needs or desires. His name’s Fred, I think.
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>>>If you really feel that way, you're in the wrong job. One of the best pieces of advice my father has ever given me was to find a job where I get up in the morning and say "Oh, good, I get to do <> today." I still feel that way almost every day about both programming and writing after many years. The day it stops being fun is the day I find something else to do.
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>>Fred! Is that you?! <g>
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>>>(And yeah, I recognize that I'm lucky to have the brains and skills to make that choice.)
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>>You are one of the lucky ones. I think I may lack just enough of both to keep doing what I'm doing. Of course, I remember vividly 2000 when I couldn't find a job and ended up swinging a hammer for about 20% of what I make now, so I do know that there's much to be thankful for, but man does it ever get old sometimes.
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>In following this thread, I have to agree with you. After do this computer gig for over 26 years, it has been getting old and stale. Recently I have been doing automated testing (writing test cases). The fun last, oh, about 6 months. Now I am branded as a Tester. Development position are become more and more scarce for me. I, too, am considering jumping the computer train and fine something else. But what?


I feel you (as they like to say on "The Wire"). I've got my next move all figured out: writing. That offers the stable income I need to pay the bills for me and my daughters and their mom (grrr).

Oh wait....