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> The saddest thing is that so many are so passionate about it. :(

That's precisely why pay is so low.



If you love what you do, it's not work.


Doesn't mean I shouldn't be well-compensated for it. I'm creating value for others, right?


If you have to do something else, to pay your rent, you can not do what you love.


Spoken like management.

there are four words you have to remember in this economy and they're either "show me the money" or "fuck you, pay me".


I prefer "I am coin-operated."




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