On Monday, 2 June 2014 at 17:41:09 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
I always used to be like that (hell, I was *known* for that).
But then once I started doing it for $ that quickly sucked most
of the enjoyment out of it. Seems to be that everything changes
when you're doing something as a job instead of just for the
heck of it.
Like cooking: The worst jobs I've ever had (by far) were in
restaurants, but I've slowly been enjoying cooking at home more
and more. Last night I've even cooked up a little something
just to unwind, which was quite a strange first for me.
Anyway, point being, doing something for a paycheck always
seems to change it just enough to suck all the fun out of it.
At least for me anyway.
This may be a sign that your work is not interesting and/or
challenging enough, or you're not getting an opportunity to learn
new things. One of the most fun coding experiences I've had in a
long time was implementing a simple scripting language at my
current job.
