Bulldozer00's Blog

Since I develop software for a living, I’m not fully on board with Richard Stallman‘s radical views regarding free software. However, in an interview with the author of the book “Making It Big In Software” (which is pathetically patronizing and patriarchical – so don’t buy it), Richard answers the question:

How do you achieve a work-life balance? How do you keep your software life from dominating everything?

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Why would I want to do that? ….. This is not just a pastime and not just a job. It’s the most important thing I know any way to do. I’m proud of it, and when I achieve something, I am very satisfied. It should be the main focus of my life, and it is.

I’m on board with that. I go on week-long fishing, golfing, and Mardi Gras jaunts, but other than that, I love specifying, architecting, designing, writing, and testing software. I feel the same way about what I do as Richard does about his passion.

How about you? Is the line of demarcation between your work and your life blurry, or fine? Do you think it’s “bad” if someone doesn’t clearly distinguish between “work” and “life”?