How can you not be romantic about programming? (2020)
To use another sports example, I watched "The Last Dance" recently. There's footage of Dennis Rodman working out and he says to the camera, "Its not just basketball we have to deal with on this team... Its the pressure of the bullshit. I'll play the game for free. You get paid for the bullshit after. Basketball is a simple game, but when you leave this confined zone. Its hard."[1]<p>That's why people get disenchanted with programming (and with a lot of other things)! We love to do the actual core activity. We love it so much we do it for free. You get paid for having to deal with the pressure to succeed. And you get paid for having to do all the other stuff that comes along with it.<p>Its the other stuff that grates on you until you hate it.<p>[1] <a href="https://youtu.be/-Ythtg8ZVbY?t=166" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/-Ythtg8ZVbY?t=166</a>