Well, I think how people feel day to day is completely different from having a particular mindset about something. Obviously personally and professionally it's almost impossible to feel this way constantly. But, if someone is attacking something new, I felt those were some good points to add, because if the passion and love for the process itself is not there it's going to be hard to ramp up quickly and execute on a high level. It's probably fair to say that everyone posting in this particular thread loves technology and has a love for creating things with it. To your point, it's pretty rare to be absolutely in love with what you're doing "for money" on a day to day basis, especially when sacrifices are made and there are people to answer to, but I firmly believe that attitude and mindset make the difference between people who get beaten down by their particular current setting and station in life, and those who are able to stay energetic and positive beyond the negatives -- long term.
So obviously this thread is way off track, to the guy who wants to get android work professionally, cliff notes, if you're only in it for the money, you're going to find it hard to compete with people who are in it for more than just that. Personally, I don't have much credibility posting in this thread, with just one hobbyist app out there, but I always feel people should be encouraged to try new things, and the more people working on Android the better the community becomes. On Monday, May 16, 2011 6:32:01 PM UTC-4, Kristopher Micinski wrote: > > My thoughts have been that if you still have that attitude about writing > programs, you haven't had to do it for days straight without sleep. (This > is not necessarily the same thing as doing it for days without sleep "just > for the fun of it.") Sure, I still *enjoy* it, but there gets to be a point > where I acknowledge that it's not what I would choose to do every second of > my life. Another thing that people haven't properly hit on is that, sure, > if you got to write exactly what you want to, exactly how you want to do it, > you probably *will* love it. But if you're making money, this is almost > never the case. There are many issues that you have control over, but there > are also many issues which you don't control. There are always times where > you have to do things that just seem, a bit contrived. Your boss may say > "we need this to do ... in ... way" when it's obviously suboptimal. The > typical response that people might say is either to "tell your boss to stuff > it" in which case you're unemployed, or "come up with a better solution and > show it to your boss" which (after trying it myself a few times) the boss > typically says "well, this is nice, but it's not what we asked for, go back > and do ... in ... way!" > > However, this isn't all bad. There are certainly times when you've been > forced to do something boring, probably in a college class if you took one. > If your classes were full of interesting assignments that were constantly > enlightening, that's great. However, most of the time, lots of assignments > in college classes are fairly boring, rudimentary, but you still learn a bit > from that kind of stuff. > > So yes, I think it's enjoyable, but there are certainly lackluster parts of > any job, and programming is no exception. > > Kris > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
