Another recent editorial I wrote for SQLServerCentral talks about whether you would be happy doing your hobby for living. For years I considered computers and software a hobby, but for the past ten years or so it’s been a job and as such, less fun than when it was just for fun.

I like working, but the difference between work and a hobby – for me – is that I have to work and battle through stress, frustration, and all the rest. When I’m building something in my workshop and get tired or frustrated, I just put it away, sometimes for a day, sometimes for a month, and return to it when I find the fun it again.