The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do; if you have not found it, keep looking and do not settle.

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• Great work follows the same four steps in every field: choose a field, learn enough to reach the frontier, notice the gaps, explore the promising ones. PGPaul Graham1 Jul 2023
• The right way to work is to do whatever feels right for as long as it feels right, and read your time back at the end of the week — not to obey a timetable. RVRahul Vohra23 Mar 2025
• Aiming to make an objectively great work is the wrong goal; make the best you can now and treat it as one of many. DYDerek Yu14 Dec 2022
• A job can give you satisfaction and even thrill, but not purpose, and a programmer looking for purpose in the work is looking in the wrong place. THThePrimeagen22 Mar 2025
• Trying to shortcut past necessary personal work always backfires, and real progress requires confronting oneself directly. AHAva Huang14 Sept 2026

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