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by JabavuAdams 2310 days ago
> "When someone says "I am not doing it for the money" he (she) is doing it only for the money." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

This is silly. Artists and creatives aren't doing it for the money. Social workers aren't doing it for the money. Teachers aren't doing it for th money ... etc. Passion => irrationality. Or different goals, like sense of purpose vs. money.

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I havent seen the first social worker proclaiming to everybody that she is not in for the money.
Game developers say this all the time, and they're right.