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Happiness at work is not a figure, it's a curve over time. Programming has high highs and rather low lows :)

When everything goes well, when I am working on code bases I like, on interesting features or on Open Source software, I am pretty happy.

When I am tracking an obscure bug that annoys my users for days, in an obscure proprietary code base and with a tight deadline approaching, I am somewhat less happy.

Sometimes, it is a stressful job, especially when you are close to production systems. But the rest of the time, it is so rewarding I would not for a second consider doing something else.



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