Do you actually enjoy what you do? Or are you only in it for the money?

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I am pareto optimal for both career enjoyment and income

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I rewrote my code today to make it more beautiful. I liked that part. The part with people, that I do for the money.

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The money adds a lot to my enjoyment of the job.

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It’s the only job I can do because I can’t stand monotony or predictable routines

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I enjoy what I do. I just wish there were more reasonable hours. And I wouldn't mind a little less variability in the work.

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Money

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To put it this way - I enjoy it more than industry. Other than that, just the money and benefits as someone who who loves to travel

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I enjoy what I do and the money is nice too!

$$ and relative freedom. Don’t like the hours or the late night/weekend work that is often required.

What money?? We get pennies

Yeah it’s tough to compare... but cost of living in some Canadian cities (Van / TO) is very similar to major US cities

Mostly in it for the money.

Money

I don’t enjoy my work and the pay is peanuts compared to working basically any industry job these days. So I’m still in consulting due to a combination of not knowing what I want to do when I grow up and inertia.

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