[rifung]

Getting an internship is certainly not just "getting paid to play" in my experience. I loved working on computers as well, but working is sadly not the same as playing in your free time. The main difference of course is that you don't necessarily choose what you work on or when you work on it.

I remember asking someone why she would choose not to do something she loves for a living if she could get paid to do it. Her response, "Because I don't want to end up hating it."

That being said, I do like my job. Still, there are other things I would work on if I didn't need to get paid, even beyond the non work related things I already work on.