ramble81@lemmy.zip to LinkedinLunatics@sh.itjust.works · 7 days agoWhy do you use what I gave you?!lemmy.zipimagemessage-square157fedilinkarrow-up1875
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minus-squareNailbar@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·edit-27 days agoI like my job. If I wasn’t getting paid, I’d still be doing it. Just not for them.
minus-squarevithigar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up14·6 days agoExactly this. I have several hobby projects that use the same skill set as my job, because I enjoy doing it. I would quit my job on the spot and spend much more time on my other projects if I didn’t need the money.
minus-squaredonalonzo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days agoSame here. But I always get told that people need the threat of starvation and homelessness to do anything at all.
minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoThe same kind of thinking that gets you to people needing the threat of burning in a pit for eternity to behave ethically.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoThe difference between a hobby and a job is that with a hobby you can stop whenever you want.
I like my job. If I wasn’t getting paid, I’d still be doing it. Just not for them.
Exactly this. I have several hobby projects that use the same skill set as my job, because I enjoy doing it.
I would quit my job on the spot and spend much more time on my other projects if I didn’t need the money.
Same here.
But I always get told that people need the threat of starvation and homelessness to do anything at all.
The same kind of thinking that gets you to people needing the threat of burning in a pit for eternity to behave ethically.
The difference between a hobby and a job is that with a hobby you can stop whenever you want.