On Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:35:51 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 06/08/2012 7:33 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
> 
>> I think people's principles evolve and change over time.
>>
>>
> That is true but when I weigh up cash in one hand and perceived
> principles on the other. I find that multi nationals are a way of life.
> And what would the world be like with out oil? No PovRay for one thing.

Sure, and sometimes principles can be compromised for "the right price".  
At least some people see it that way.  Not having had to confront the 
idea of working for a company that I had a moral or ethical issue with, 
I've not been tested in that way personally.

>>> Most people I meet don't like working. They do it like your friend, to
>>> put bread on the table.
>>
>> I think overall it's about 50/50 for me - in terms of the people I
>> meet.
>>
>>
> When I worked in factories and the like. It was more 95/5. But in my
> present job the most of the people I meet are very enthusiastic about
> their work. But then they have got on and are successful.

Yeah, I count that in my 50/50, but I've only worked in one manufacturing 
plant.  And to an extent, I envied my coworkers who were 'lifers' on the 
assembly lines, because they /never/ took their work home.

There's a certain appeal to that.  I've always worked jobs where I've 
taken work home - sometimes because it needed to be done on a tight 
deadline, and sometimes just because it was interesting and I wasn't 
ready to stop working on it for the day.

>> It's a very fortunate thing indeed to take something you love doing and
>> to be able to make a career out of it.
>>
>>
> It is indeed.
>   When I tell people that my hobby is 3D computer graphics they cannot
> understand that I can spend all day at a computer and hours at night.

I get the same thing as well.

Jim

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