Certainly for me a job has to be an intellectual challenge otherwise I don't take it. It forces me to think about tricky problems every day. And I'm sure thats not just true for programmers.
occasionally my job throws up intellectual challenge - but not as much as I could get from a good hobby or continued education. my job is for money and nothing more and my money is for living nothing more. order of importance job->money->freetime and friends if job ever starts to impinge on the last one there'll be trouble!
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Date: 2005-08-26 11:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-08-26 11:48 am (UTC)Certainly for me a job has to be an intellectual challenge otherwise I don't take it. It forces me to think about tricky problems every day. And I'm sure thats not just true for programmers.
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Date: 2005-08-26 12:28 pm (UTC)order of importance
job->money->freetime and friends
if job ever starts to impinge on the last one there'll be trouble!