I really disagree with the notion of the post here, and I think this part really nails why:
> "Thing is, I'm never looking at my watch because I enjoy what I do."
So do I. In fact, I love what I do. I'd be extremely disappointed if I had to stop going to work.
But it isn't the only thing I enjoy. You want stable hours and liberal time off because there is more enjoyment to your life than writing code and creating software. I dislike long hours not because I dislike what I do at work, but because my life is more than my work. I have other passions, hobbies, people, other things I want to be able to commit to.
> "Fine. Whatever. You've made other life choices. I get it."
And so have you - so we'd appreciate it if you stop referring to the rest of us as entitled and petulant. I respect your choice to throw the entirety of your life at your primary craft - so respect our choice not to.
Exactly, One more thing that I didn't like about it was the feeling that its OK for the employer to overwork you and then not compensate it, under the pretext of 'interesting work'.
This is an old plan used by most companies.
I like doing what I do, but I would love to something else if I had the money to free me up.
For most people, their area of least incompetence becomes their passion.
I'll add that if you LOVE doing what you do for 40 years, straight through retirement, you are one odd duck indeed. The idea of "passion for work" is a power play to get folks to put in more for less. Don't get it twisted.
Furthermore, workaholism is for people who don't understand what it means to be human. Steve Jobs was a sucker - almost as much as his followers who didn't realize that he was.
No. But he probably was a sucker for imagining that everyone was (or should be) as passionate as he was. That's a very common flaw among passionate bosses: they forget that many employees don't enjoy their jobs as much as they do.
One reason they may not enjoy as much is because being a simple employee following orders it's often not as exciting as being the boss and calling the shots.
I mean, both can be very exciting, but I'm sure they're at very different levels.
> "Thing is, I'm never looking at my watch because I enjoy what I do."
So do I. In fact, I love what I do. I'd be extremely disappointed if I had to stop going to work.
But it isn't the only thing I enjoy. You want stable hours and liberal time off because there is more enjoyment to your life than writing code and creating software. I dislike long hours not because I dislike what I do at work, but because my life is more than my work. I have other passions, hobbies, people, other things I want to be able to commit to.
> "Fine. Whatever. You've made other life choices. I get it."
And so have you - so we'd appreciate it if you stop referring to the rest of us as entitled and petulant. I respect your choice to throw the entirety of your life at your primary craft - so respect our choice not to.