--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: <snip> > Call me crazy, but I get off on that. It is > likely that no one in the Enormous Software > Corporation I contract to will ever notice > that I did a good job. But I notice, and get > my kicks from the doing rather than the > recognition of the doing. > > It really is like being a good waiter. In the > finest restaurants of the world, the hallmark > of an excellent waitperson is that you were > able to enjoy one of the finest meals of your > life without *noticing* the waitperson who > made it happen, and happen flawlessly. Some > may notice enough to leave a nice tip; others > may not. But the Zen part of the gig is about > doing the job and doing it well, not about > the tip jar.
Interestingly, this is also an excellent analogy for editing, the profession you're constantly dumping on.
