If you didn't get paid for it, would you still write code? [modified]

[Lost User]

I am surprised. I would have thought you too interested in other things. Personally although I like sw engineering I wouldnt do it unless it had a purpose. It is like an engineer endlessly designing and building things no one wanted. I would much rather build a light aircraft. Or a ground effect aircraft, or build a cylinder head to a new design I thought of many many years ago with rotary vales. I also have in mind a large planing catameran. I would also do a lot more with music,, and cooking. I would rather run a restaurant then code for no reason. Coding makes money. And I do it well in order to make more money.

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[Chris C B]

Absolutely yes. Programming is an excellent cerebral exercise, and the brain a use-it-or-lose-it device. Unless I were to find an equivalent mental challenge, I would consider it essential. (Struggling with the daily CCC just doesn't hack it! :laugh: )

[Mustafa Ismail Mustafa]

Without a doubt. I'm in this for business and pleasure, so why not pleasure alone? Sometimes these days because I have other priorities I don't get to do as much fun coding as I would have wanted, but I assure you, once those pressures are eased off, I'll get to spend more free time on fun stuff like coding :)

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[R Giskard Reventlov]

Coding was a hobby long before I made money at it and I still enjoy it - even after 327 years. :-)

fat_boy wrote:

I would have thought you too interested in other things.

Like what, for instance? I'm curious as to what you're thinking. I also have many other hobbies and sports - if I didn't need the money I might increase my time with those and lessen my time with programming but I would never stop doing it. Will definitely restore a classic car at some time - maybe a Lotus or Jensen Healey or E-Type.

fat_boy wrote:

I would rather run a restaurant

I've always fancied owning a hotel or restaurant but I'll never do it: too much like hard work!

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[4277480]

Because thats what I do irl, I have a stable job and I write code for family,friends aka fun projects, and sometimes employers who can't afford the market rate. So mentioning the ones that count as projects/experience should be mentioned even though I don't get paid for them. Why make a resume you ask? because its the attached price tag of a person which needs to be updated constantly.

[Gandalf_TheWhite]

Yeah!! :thumbsup: However depend upon the mood. So, 4 from me, (-1 for the mood) ;)

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[Gandalf_TheWhite]

leppie wrote:

not for the person paying me

Exactly!! :cool:

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[leppie]

Gandalf - The White wrote:

Exactly!!

Hmm, that made me think about what I said. Logically, I will then code for the people that dont pay me, and if the person is not paying me, then that person is included in the list of 'beneficaries'! I should rephrase that probably to: "I will, but not for the person that is suppose to be paying me" :)

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[Vikram A Punathambekar]

Absolutely NOT.

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[Rama Krishna Vavilala]

Definitely. I love what I do and even if I may move to sales, business and other management stuff, I will continue to write some code at least.

[Lost User]

digital man wrote:

even after 327 years.

Ahem. ;)

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[Lost User]

Still in order to be rewarded. What about without financial reward, even in the long term?

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[daniilzol]

About same I suppose. I can't bring myself to code outside of work, it's just not interesting enough. The only thing that I would probably be interested in writing right now is to write a program for my android phone that controls foobar2K player on my PC, but only because no one else has written such a program already :laugh: Even though I want to write it, I don't any time to do it, I can't get to it, other stuff just gets in the way, too busy.

[Mycroft Holmes]

Yup sure would, when you hobby is your work it just rocks. I code because I like to be paid, I also code because I enjoy coding!

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[Single Step Debugger]

Probably not, I have other, far more exiting hobbies.

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[Ravi Bhavnani]

Absolutely, positively.  There's nothing else in life I'd rather do. /ravi

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[PIEBALDconsult]

Yes, that's pretty much all I've been doing for the past year. That and taking long naps.

[peterchen]

I'm not sure how someone could vote you down on what you would rather do - maybe your wife? :rolleyes:

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[Ravi Bhavnani]

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[Dan Neely]

Simple. The univoter was bitter that Ravi had found a way to get paid for something he loved doing, while the univoter was having to endure 8 hours/day of suckage for his paycheck.

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