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Matt Tanner

The Pragmatic Programmer advocates investing in your Knowledge Portfolio. Most professionals do this - Doctors, Lawyers, Accountants. If you can do this in paid time great for you.

This is separate from having a passion about your line of work. If you don't enjoy what you do, plenty of people suggest changing profession. On the other hand, being content is good enough. We need people who are content and competent.

Simon Wardley often talks about Pioneers, Settlers and Town Planners agilebusinessmanifesto.com/agilebu... which tells us that some personalities are more beneficial at various stages of product evolution.