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deepsuntoday at 12:11 AM2 repliesview on HN

Don't make a work off your hobby, you'll stop loving that.

"Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life" is a lie.


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laughing_mantoday at 2:12 AM

True for me. I used to love writing software. About fifteen years into my career I lost interest in side projects, and by the time I retired anything that smacks of coding seems like drudgery.

I occasionally watch a woodworking YouTube channel. The creator tells people if they start woodworking as a job they'll have to find a new hobby.

embedding-shapetoday at 12:41 AM

Not necessarily true for everyone, either of them. Both parts feel too dogmatic, it always depends.