Comments on: The Perfect Job http://pathfindersoftware.com/2007/04/the_perfect_job/ The Fastest Way to Launch Successful Software Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BlogReader http://pathfindersoftware.com/2007/04/the_perfect_job/#comment-6401 BlogReader Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:07:44 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/?p=351#comment-6401 <p>[ You have to be passionate about Ajax and Open Source. Passion is a word that gets thrown around the corporate world a lot. ]</p> <p>How can one be "passionate" about ajax? While I can understand open source, ajax is just a tool. That's like being passionate about a 17 oz fiberglass hammer from Sears. I'm not sure why you degrade the corporate use of passionate when you throw it out there in regards to ajax.</p> [ You have to be passionate about Ajax and Open Source. Passion is a word that gets thrown around the corporate world a lot. ]

How can one be “passionate” about ajax? While I can understand open source, ajax is just a tool. That’s like being passionate about a 17 oz fiberglass hammer from Sears. I’m not sure why you degrade the corporate use of passionate when you throw it out there in regards to ajax.

]]> By: Frank Jacobs http://pathfindersoftware.com/2007/04/the_perfect_job/#comment-6400 Frank Jacobs Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:58:58 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/?p=351#comment-6400 <p>Do you wrestle with the idea as to whether you should operate your own business vs. be a software developer at a company? Or, it the sacrifice of not being able to code made up for by the benefits of running your own company?</p> <p>Just curious as I constantly wrestle with whether I should stay a developer b/c I love it. Or, move up in the ranks doing less-interesting stuff for more money.</p> Do you wrestle with the idea as to whether you should operate your own business vs. be a software developer at a company? Or, it the sacrifice of not being able to code made up for by the benefits of running your own company?

Just curious as I constantly wrestle with whether I should stay a developer b/c I love it. Or, move up in the ranks doing less-interesting stuff for more money.

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