Dušan Mitrović
@darkwiiplayer @onepict You absolutely don't have to. I enjoy the craft and if my creations happen to be useful to someone that's a bonus in my book.
I limit "useful" software to my professional work only. What I do in my free time, I do for myself, out of love for my craft.
There is beauty in building something and watching it come alive from essentially nothing but your abstract thought.
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
This is why I'd like UBI, when you do the think you love for a paycheck it does get a bit stressful.
Dušan Mitrović
@onepict @darkwiiplayer I would say, if I'm allowed to go on a bit of a tangent, that the real curse of programming as a hobby is that it can turn into a day job, because our world runs on software.
My hobby is joyful, relaxing, cathartic and beautiful.
My job is boring, stressful, unrewarding and a pale reflection of my hobby, but it pays the bills.
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
@dusnm @darkwiiplayer I've often thought about the difference between copyshops that do like clip art and artists.
I know some coders who are like artists, they code for the thing they want to see in the world.
But we also have the day job, where we code for the same thing that's in the world at the moment.
I like the idea of coding for the world that could be. Because thats encoding the change you want to see in the world.
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