How to Do What You Love

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday January 23, 2006 @07:29PM from the world-needs-ditchdiggers-too dept.

fnord_ix writes "Paul Graham has another interesting essay talking about How to Do What You Love. He talks about the lies that adults tell kids about what work is, and how work is equal to pain." From the article: "I'm not saying we should let little kids do whatever they want. They may have to be made to work on certain things. But if we make kids work on dull stuff, it might be wise to tell them that tediousness is not the defining quality of work, and indeed that the reason they have to work on dull stuff now is so they can work on more interesting stuff later. "

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Re:I love your mom by themoodykid · 2006-01-23 19:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic

That's not my mom, dude. That's my dog.
Re:Blah. by Jesus+2.0 · 2006-01-23 19:52 · Score: 0, Offtopic

But I'll add one more comment:

Thank you, Paul Graham, for bringing Bayesian spam filters to the attention of the world.
It's amazing to me... by Anonymous Coward · 2006-01-23 19:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

...how many people I've managed to encounter over the years who appear to never be so happy and fulfilled as when they get an opportunity to yank my chain.
Well at least *they* get to do what they love. Glad I could help.