What would I choose

HelenSnow

Oct. 8, 2025

What's more satisfying? 1: A job that you love but doesn't pay well 2: A high paying job that you don't like

It's a difficult question - it's like choosing between eating and breathing.
They say, "Do what you enjoy and you will never work a day in your life."
I think it's crap because I see the difference between rest and work.
First things first, let's talk about criteria for rest:
- you don't take any responsibility
- you do something to enjoy the process, not to get a result
- nobody, including yourself, judges what you are doing.

See? Work is the complete opposite. So work will never feel like rest. Moreover, as a person who worked as an administrator, librarian, and journalist (it didn't last long but still) before becoming a developer, I can say that it doesn't matter how much you're paid. Expectations that you will do your best and even more are everywhere. I also notice that the lower the salary, the higher the requirements and the worse the conditions.

I'd rather work hard for enough money and spend it on my health, family, and hobbies than work hard for peanuts.

Don't get me wrong, I know how it feels to hate your job. When I worked as an administrator, I wanted to get drunk every day even though I don't drink at all. The thought that I had to get out of there kept me going, so I spent time learning programming.

When I worked as a librarian, my colleagues tried to bully me. They hated me and were scared of me at the same time, and I still don't understand why. Thoughts of programming and my knowledge saved me.

Additionally, much depends on your perception. As I'm a pessimist, I will always find something to complain about. If complaints about hard work were unavoidable, I would choose a well-paid job.

By the way, today was much easier than yesterday. My colleague allowed me to refactor the script and gave me an idea of how to make it right, so I finished the task.😁

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What would I choose

It's a difficult question - it's like choosing between eating and breathing.

They say, "Do what you enjoy and you will never work a day in your life."

I think it's crap because I see the difference between rest and work.

First things first, let's talk about criteria for rest: - you don't take any responsibility - you do something to enjoy the process, not to get a result - nobody, including yourself, judges what you are doing.

See?

Work is the complete opposite.

So work will never feel like rest.

Moreover, as a person who worked as an administrator, librarian, and journalist (it didn't last long but still) before becoming a developer, I can say that it doesn't matter how much you're paid.

Expectations that you will do your best and even more are everywhere.

I also notice that the lower the salary, the higher the requirements and the worse the conditions.

I'd rather work hard for enough money and spend it on my health, family, and hobbies than work hard for peanuts.

Don't get me wrong, I know how it feels to hate your job.

When I worked as an administrator, I wanted to get drunk every day even though I don't drink at all.

When I worked as a librarian, my colleagues tried to bully me.

They hated me and were scared of me at the same time, and I still don't understand why.

Thoughts of programming and my knowledge saved me.

Additionally, much depends on your perception.

As I'm a pessimist, I will always find something to complain about.

If complaints about hard work were unavoidable, I would choose a well-paid job.

By the way, today was much easier than yesterday.

My colleague allowed me to refactor the script and gave me an idea of how to make it right, so I finished the task.😁

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Excellent! I had to double check your native language because I couldn't tell you weren't native English

HelenSnow

Oct. 10, 2025

Wow, that's the best compliment! Thank you!

I'd rather work hard for enough money and spend it on my health, family, and hobbies than work hard for peanuts.