In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bert Van Vreckem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Bernard Hill wrote: >> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, A.M. Kuchling >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >>>* Programming is fun. >> Not when you do it for a living. > >Good grief! How can you possibly do something for a living that you >don't like to do? >
"Fun" was the word. Not "enjoy". When you *have* to do it to make ends meet it takes the fun out of it. Ask anyone who has turned a hobby into a living. When I did something else for a living in the evenings I wrote software because I enjoyed the fun of doing so. Now in the evenings I don't write software for fun. I join in musical activities instead. But as far as not enjoying your work, my father once said to me "Son, if you enjoy 25% of the work you do you are a very lucky man". Bernard Hill Braeburn Software Author of Music Publisher system Music Software written by musicians for musicians http://www.braeburn.co.uk Selkirk, Scotland To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
