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[โ€“] Zorque@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I would say that working with things you love is not the same as doing what you love.

If you loved customer support, and helping people with their problems, it might be a more apt example.

[โ€“] bricklove@midwest.social 5 points 3 months ago

I'm not the person you replied to but their experience sounds like mine. I agree 100% with that. I really enjoy making my own tools and figuring out things for myself but what I find interesting and useful is rarely what other people care about.

I'll lose myself for hours making and axe handle with hand tools or cobbling together my own Linux desktop for the hell of it but creating yet another form to validate on a web app I have no need for is like pulling teeth.

I wish I could be someone's garden hermit and just grow flax and contribute to open source projects