No judgement if programming really pushes your buttons. It pushes my buttons, too! But the number of people whose buttons are pushed enough to forsake other careers is radically inadequate to staff the number of software companies the world needs.
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Also hate to be Marxist before my morning coffee but the "You should be *passionate* about this stuff" memeplex is designed to decrease your wages. "I want missionaries not mercenaries" is a cynical negotiating strategy; they'd never try it with someone they thought a peer.
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Firstly, I’m from Ukraine. Secondly, Russians are not so much into scams as they are into taking things that are not theirs, like parts of Ukraine.
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Eastern Poland, you mean
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Well yeah but that also applies to BS crypto currency scams. That’s where the money is?
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I have a lot of passion for scams
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"because where the money is" is typically not the best long term motivator, nor ideal for happiness. Agree that it's acceptable, but should be discouraged! Do what you love is what we should strive for.
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Your passion does not need to be your profession. This viewpoint devalues passions that do not have vibrant markets for their results. It is perfectly valid to do one thing to make a living, and engage in your passion in your spare time, free of commercial considerations.
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It’s always driven me crazy that we demand people claim passion about the work and company. Some of my team wanted to ding someone for applying because he needed the money. I read them the riot act
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the problem is the financial incentives don't push you to be any good, they push you to learn some jargon and be good at networking and corporate intrigue
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