> The good doctors, lawyers or plumbers keep up with whats > current. Those who don't fail.
There's a difference between "keeping current" and constant work. In fact, most programmers don't keep current, even when they're working insane hours - they're simply doing more work. > > In fact, I think programming is a field which many people > > enjoy working in even when they're not especially suited > > to it. > > And they are paid accordingly. Are they? Not as far as I can tell. There seems to be relatively little correlation between value and pay in the programming field. > You can treat any field like a job and get your end of week > paycheck. But those who really enjoy it like to play with it > more often and tend to be more successful. Again, I don't see that correlation either, in real life, as much as you might expect. In addition, there are plenty of people who enjoy their jobs a lot, but still don't constantly work. The difference, to me, is that there's a general expectation that programmers work constantly, and a lot of programmers end up fulfilling that expectation because, well, they're expected to. There are probably lots of reasons for those expectations, but I think that most of those reasons have to do with the immaturity of our profession, and the general lack of standards within our profession. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
