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> It's the old the work you put in determines what satisfaction you get out of it.

I guess that explains why people who dig ditches for a living are so satisfied.

I'm sure somewhere there is a minority of people who actually like ditch digging and are satisfied.

It just happens that for technical stuff the minority that likes what they do is larger and thus actually noticeable.

Gardeners seem like pretty happy people to me.