[testingonprod]

"When people think they’re going to do this shit for the money and this stuff for their souls, it becomes a real disservice. They’re resigning themselves to be professionally schizophrenic: they’ve divided their minds in a way that, at its core, is somewhat dishonest. Those lucky people who are fully integrated at the highest level figure out how to make everything—their lives, their work, what they do for fun, and what they do for money—all the same thing." - Michael Beirut

[mrcold]

Choose a job you love and you will find reasons to hate it.

This "work for fun, not money" mantra is only promoted by businesses and art people that can make a living. For everybody else, it's a nightmare. Working for fun is still working. And at some point you're going to get tired. Your boss is the only one who profits from your passion. And you get burned out without an escape route.

Keep your passions to yourself. Work a job you hate. This is the only way to lead a healthy and successful life.

[auxym]

I'm also realizing the "Do what you love" thing is bullshit.

No matter what you do, work will stay work. Some days you'll hate it, some days it's alright. One piece of advice I liked is to take the artisan's approach: do what you're good at and pick jobs where you can improve your skills. At least you'll get some fulfilment out of it.