Who are you? A freelance artist, a gzhel tableware or a house painter?

An experienced programmer and a young programmer goby are sitting on the mountain, a herd of “potential-tasks-cows” grazes below the mountain. Young bull:
- And let's run, run down! .. and otprogrammim von that cool puzzle toy!
- Nope ...
- Well then ... let's run, run down! .. and otprogrammim von that cute network puzzle!
- Nope ...
- Well then ... let's run, run, run down! .. and program the awesome task of artificial intelligence !!!
“Nope ... we will slowly come down from the mountain ... and reprogram everyone.” On whom the administration will show us and for what we get a salary.
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Let's see who is who.

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Quite often I see statements like “a real programmer, one who has insights, inspiration, burning work!” On Habre. What is interesting is that sometimes experienced individuals write. I propose to conduct a vote in order to estimate what percentage of which programmers are zahabren on this site.

So.

1. Are you a freelance artist if you think that:
- the programmer himself must set tasks; creativity and its freedom must be one hundred percent!
- it is necessary to burn at work, to program literally, having forgotten about everything.
- you need to think about the project and outside of work, sometimes even at night in a dream.
- money is not so important, it is important to have a feeling of happiness at work, at least sometimes, when you find a non-obvious solution, a difficult bug, etc.

Although, as an option, it is not excluded that, as a result, “a portrait painter of idle wandering tourists on the Old Arbat” may turn out to be earning his bread under the open sky, because nobody needs your ingenious canvases.

2. You are a gzhel decorator (or house architect, if you wish), if you think that:
- there is no freedom to choose a task, and creativity is also very limited, although there is a certain field for maneuver / expression.
- should set tasks should bosses or clients, but not to get involved in the solution of the problem, and serve as a purely external customer.
- the choice of the solution to the problem may be limited to the libraries used, resources, hardware, language, etc.
- money and interesting tasks are related to you as 50/50.

But sometimes you can also dream with sadness: oh, if I had complete freedom, I would have SUCHED it, I would have SUCH it! ..

3. Are you a painter (but professional) if you think that:
- there is no freedom to choose a task, but why is there, even almost all typical tasks and creativity are very few here.
- the authorities or clients should set tasks, and they can get involved in solving the problem, especially the authorities, for various reasons.
- Yes, what is there, even colleagues can fit into your decision.
- Your decisions are severely limited by all possible frameworks, means, guidelines. documents, etc. etc. And this is life, but you can’t argue against it.
- even typical tasks can be done well or crookedly and you are satisfied with the fact that you are doing them well, professionally (satisfaction, but not happiness and delight).
- you just work at work, for money, but even in typical tasks there are a lot of interesting things to keep your cheekbones from boredom.

There are many things to do: get depressed, depressed, kill apsten. Or live yourself and live. And with a grin look at the "free" and their oohs and ahs.