Very good diagram https://twitter.com/davies_will/status/1285162740915601409 …
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4/ what I do for pay (coding) is 3/4: * I'm good at * I can get paid * word needs (in some trivial sense) I ** enjoy ** coding, but I don't love it. I mean ... writing regression tests to make sure my XML parsing of BigCo transaction messages is correct ... whew.
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5/ what I do kinda for pay (writing): * I'm ok at * I can get paid (kinda) * word needs (in a stronger sense - I aim, via both fiction and non fiction) to help preserve western civilization, Heinleinian competence, and American exceptionalism ...but the work is MUCH harder.
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6/ I dunno. It would be nice to love what I do, but it seems that the stress that comes from measuring onessself against very high standards makes "loving your work" fairly implausible. "Mood's a thing for cattle and loveplay" and all that.
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7/ What I love doing is reading good science fiction, eating sushi, and playing board games. ...but there's no money in that, and there's work that needs to be done, so ... back to work.
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yes, TY !
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