Ask HN: Do you *love* your job?
No, I love myself.<p>I never get invested into a job, ever. This is a cataclysmic mistake of the first order.<p>However, no matter what I do, I love doing what I&#x27;m doing. Doesn&#x27;t matter if it is working a retail gig, programming, sales, bookkeeping. I just like the process and compete against myself.<p>If I ever work for a cunt of a person or company, this is no problem at all. I just leave and don&#x27;t get tweaked out about it.<p>I only do what I am required to do. I will never work more than 8 hours, unless that is part of the agreement. The agreement is the agreement.<p>I never make friends at work, I only have business acquaintences. Making friends at work is always a monsterously huge mistake, which I think pretty much everyone can figure out why I say this. Being friendly, yes. Friends, no. Be diplomatic, polite, kind, quick with a compliment, yes. Friends, no. Just google all the reasons why you shouldn&#x27;t be friends if you can&#x27;t figure out the reasons. However, one thing that I can tell you is that I never make friends at work, but I am generally among the most liked. Because I don&#x27;t get involved in all that backstabbing, gossiping crap. And so everyone unfortunately tell me everything because they deem me trustworthy. However, I also tell them not to gossip to me, I don&#x27;t want to hear it and this is generally respected, and basically because of all this, I&#x27;m genarally like by all. However, those with &quot;friends&quot; get all up into the factional warfare and backstabbing and all that noise. So my point is that this is kinda why I always am good anywhere I go.<p>I also manage up. If someone is being an asshole and is a boss, they are NOT going to get away with that shit from me. Again, I will be nice and stuff and polite, but they will know in no uncertain terms what is not acceptable. Or, if I see that they are such an ass that even managing up they will then get vengeful or vindictive, then I either transfer to somewhere else or just get another job.<p>I never love jobs. I love myself and how I go about doing things. My little self-competitions, and gamifying tasks.<p>No sense in loving any job.