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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 16 Jan 2015

    What Doesn't Seem Like Work? http://paulgraham.com/work.html 

    2:13 PM - 16 Jan 2015
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      2. Michael Seibel‏ @mwseibel 19 Jan 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg working 1 day a week at YC as a part time YC partner didn't feel like work - in the end that is how I decided to join full time

        2 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 19 Jan 2015
        Replying to @mwseibel

        @mwseibel Whereupon you discovered reading applications!

        0 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
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      2. Chris Dzoba‏ @ChrisDzoba 16 Jan 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        1) @paulg I love you but your writing can be depressing "Want success? Do what you were born to do. Youd rather something else? No hope…"

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 16 Jan 2015
        Replying to @ChrisDzoba

        @ChrisDzoba You don't have to do the sort of work you're best suited for.

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      4. Chris Dzoba‏ @ChrisDzoba 16 Jan 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg No but where does that leave you? Worse odds at big success in work. Ideally we could be what we wanted. Maybe just my 90s upbringing

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      5. Ryan Petersen‏Verified account @typesfast 21 Jan 2015
        Replying to @ChrisDzoba

        @ChrisDzoba why would you want to do something you're not suited for? Being good at something is more fun.

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      6. Chris Dzoba‏ @ChrisDzoba 21 Jan 2015
        Replying to @typesfast

        @typesfast To provide for people you care for, to protect your future self, to be remembered. Being good is fun if it creates opportunity

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      1. Hong‏ @Quan 16 Jan 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        .@paulg I like building bikes, since I was a young boy. So easy to spend a whole day in the garage and lose track of time. #startupmechanic

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      1. Pete McCarthy‏ @pete_mccarthy 16 Jan 2015
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        @paulg Ah, Pwllheli. Where my parents met. And at 13, programming my C64, I knew what I wanted to do.

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      1. GG‏ @ggonweb 17 Jan 2015
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        "you have to like debugging to like programming" - @paulg This is the hard truth about programming.

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      1. Waiting for Jontay  🏀‏ @thecity2 16 Jan 2015
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        “@paulg: What Doesn't Seem Like Work? http://paulgraham.com/work.html ” great advice here

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      2. Chris Dzoba‏ @ChrisDzoba 16 Jan 2015
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        3) @paulg your world view, those conflicting interests could be resolved. And so the person is stuck with unresolved internal dilemma

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      3. Actual Philosoraptor‏ @IbnFirnas 16 Jan 2015
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        @ChrisDzoba @paulg Crochet is just one concrete match for the underlying factors. One has to keep asking _why_ it is so enjoyable?

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      1. Rohini Vaze‏ @RohiniVaze10 4 Mar 2015
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        @paulg Just read this blog! I wonder what to do when you know what it is that will never feel like work but the path there is ten years long

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      1. Jobvention Jobs‏ @jobventionjobs 17 Jan 2015
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        “@paulg: What Doesn't Seem Like Work? http://paulgraham.com/work.html ” #work #career #passion

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      1. Joe Emison‏ @JoeEmison 17 Jan 2015
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        “@paulg: What Doesn't Seem Like Work? http://paulgraham.com/work.html ” -- shouldn't we just acknowledge that this is a privilege of wealth?

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      1. Farhan Thawar‏ @fnthawar 12 Feb 2015
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        @paulg In an interview w/ @S_C_,he said he almost quit rapping bec. it didn't feel like work and his mom said "you always have to work hard"

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      1. Avni Patel Thompson‏ @APatelThompson 19 Jan 2015
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        "stranger your tastes seem to other ppl stronger evidence they prob are of what you shld do." #insighttoliveby @paulg http://paulgraham.com/work.html 

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      1. Ernest‏ @ernestsemerda 19 Jan 2015
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        Awesome piece @paulg. Reminded me of Uni days doing my friends programming assignments coz I enjoyed the challenge making each 1 different.

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