I don't code to make a pile of money, I code because is fun, if you code just to make money you're doing it wrong, programming is an art that's something non-programmers can't understand.
For some reason reading the original Programmers Stack Exchange post made me think of the infamous An Open Letter to Hobbyists:
For some reason reading the original Programmers Stack Exchange post made me think of the infamous An Open Letter to Hobbyists:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists