Comments on: The Mythical 5% http://jc-bell.com/blog/2007/12/30/the-mythical-5/ Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:27:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jim Bell http://jc-bell.com/blog/2007/12/30/the-mythical-5/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Jim Bell Mon, 12 May 2008 13:22:16 +0000 http://jc-bell.com/blog/2007/12/30/the-mythical-5/#comment-109 Gerald: thanks for your two cents. I agree: mysterious, but not mythical. Gerald: thanks for your two cents. I agree: mysterious, but not mythical.

]]> By: Gerald Weinberg http://jc-bell.com/blog/2007/12/30/the-mythical-5/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Gerald Weinberg Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:38:03 +0000 http://jc-bell.com/blog/2007/12/30/the-mythical-5/#comment-51 Something curious about that mysterious (not mythical) 5%. Over 50 years, that percentage of 20x folks doesn't seem to have changed, unless it's grown even smaller. One reason: 50 years ago, you didn't get into programming unless you LOVED it. Nowadays, lots of people still do it out of love, but hordes more do it because it's supposed to be a good job. If you're going to be one of the 20x people, learn to LOVE what you do, or learn to move on to something you do love, or change the job you're doing in some way to make it more lovable. Something curious about that mysterious (not mythical) 5%.

Over 50 years, that percentage of 20x folks doesn’t seem to have changed, unless it’s grown even smaller. One reason: 50 years ago, you didn’t get into programming unless you LOVED it. Nowadays, lots of people still do it out of love, but hordes more do it because it’s supposed to be a good job.

If you’re going to be one of the 20x people, learn to LOVE what you do, or learn to move on to something you do love, or change the job you’re doing in some way to make it more lovable.

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