"There are many tribes in the tech world: TiVo lovers, Blackberry addicts, Palm Treo fanatics, and people who exhibit unhealthy affection for their Roomba robotic vacuum cleaners. But there is no bigger tribe, and none more zealous, than fans of Apple, who are infamous for their sensitivity to slams, real or imagined, against the beloved company. "It's funny - even if I write a generally positive piece about Apple, I still get more complaints from Apple partisans" than from opponents, Mossberg says. He has even coined a term for the effect. "I call it the Doctrine of Insufficient Adulation."
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While it isn't everything it certainly is the important thing. If it wasn't you wouldn't be working at all.
That depends on the position.
I stated many times to friends and cow orkers (and I truly believe) that I would have continued to stay in my previous position (a senior programmer/analyst in flight ops for a major red-tailed US airline) even if I won the lottery. The work was so interesting and the problem solving so satisfying that I really loved my job there.
My current position isn't quite as nice, but I'd consider working here even if I didn't need the money, also. Why? Because there are elements of the application environment where I work now which are fun to play with, I love the fact that I'm almost constantly learning, and I get to play in two legacy platforms plus Java all at the same time. It's fun!
I feel sorry for those who hate their jobs... Me, I got into programming almost 20 years ago because I love to analyze problems and crank out (hopefully) elegant code. Or at least readable code. :-)
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"The employees do not pick their employers with some sort of philosophy in mind, they do it for the pay-check. "
That's not true, I certainly didn't choose the job I have right now based on salary, I chose it because I like working for universities, and actually chose it over a higher paying job. I like the hours, the free courses, the pace is slower.
Salary isn't everything, or even the important thing.
Edited 2008-03-23 16:07 UTC