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MakeUsersWant on Feb 25, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to start working on side projects

<it>programmers for whom programming is a "passion"</it>

Beware of turning your passionate hobby into your job. It will become a chore. Also, you won't have a hobby anymore that keeps you from burning out.

(Source: Personal experience. I am an academic.)

snogglethorpe on Feb 25, 2013 [–]

> Beware of turning your passionate hobby into your job. It will become a chore

YMMV... :]

This often doesn't seem to happen with programming, perhaps simply because it's a fairly broad field.

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