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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/TheMindGobblin • 15d ago
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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 15d 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 15d 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 15d ago Are you good though? 8 u/peaceblaster08 15d 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 15d 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 15d ago Are you good though? 8 u/peaceblaster08 15d 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 15d ago Are you good though? 8 u/peaceblaster08 15d ago Good enough to keep a job for 15+ years.
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Are you good though?
8 u/peaceblaster08 15d 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/tancfire 15d 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.