[sgarland]

> You are not defined by the company that pays you. Find a job which helps you achieve what you want to achieve, work honestly and leave work at work.

I am genuinely _fascinated_ with RDBMS. I tinker with them in my free time. I watch syscalls during reads and writes to better understand what’s happening. I test theories when someone asserts “Postgres is better at X than MySQL” to see if they’re correct.

The fact that I get paid quite well to run DBs is an absolute dream.

[Bagged2347]

This is what I aspire to. Work will always be work, but if my interests could align at least somewhat with my day job, then acknowledging that I have to spend so much of my time working would be so much more tolerable. Happy to hear it's achievable.

[sgarland]

ADHD and/or autism helps quite a bit. Devastating in other areas of life, of course, but hey, trade-offs.

[freilanzer]

I wish I had this kind of fascination in my life.