On 15/02/2015 11:16 AM, Stephen wrote:
> That is because you have academic interests. Most professional computer
> programmers, I work with. Do it because it is a job. Not for love.

Having said that... The company I work for employs a grant total of 9 
people. The company has sold less than 100 units in its entire 10-year 
history. I cannot *imagine* that anybody here is particularly well-paid.

And yet, if you look through source control, you will find the 
occasional commit performed at 2AM. Nobody gets *paid* to do that. 
People occasionally choose to do that out of... well, something that 
isn't money anyway. (And no, it's not deadline pressure; we don't have 
deadlines. Or pressure of any kind, really.)

Still, while my colleagues genuinely want to make the software the best 
it can be (and not just because they get paid to do that), I am 
apparently the only person in the building who thinks that computer 
science is a worthwhile endeavour. Everybody else just hits Google until 
the problem goes away, without bothering to understand why. I find that 
a little disturbing.

But not as disturbing as me getting paid to do C++ when I know nothing 
about it! o_O

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