--- title: Should You Choose Your Passion Over a Paycheck? | daily.dev description: Job hunting spikes on work anniversaries, milestone birthdays, major life events, and oddly, high school and college reunions. Researchers believe this happens... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/should-you-choose-your-passion-over-a-paycheck--j6qulgp7v twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Should You Choose Your Passion Over a Paycheck? | daily.dev og:description: Job hunting spikes on work anniversaries, milestone birthdays, major life events, and oddly, high school and college reunions. Researchers believe this happens... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/should-you-choose-your-passion-over-a-paycheck--j6qulgp7v og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/J6QULGp7V.png og:image:alt: Should You Choose Your Passion Over a Paycheck? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Should You Choose Your Passion Over a Paycheck? **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 8 min read · 13 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary Job hunting spikes on work anniversaries, milestone birthdays, major life events, and oddly, high school and college reunions. Researchers believe this happens because what we consider ‘the end of an era’ or “a momentous life event’s inspires us to reevaluate our present situation and consider a fresh start. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@bkpecho** · 1 upvotes > I can relate to the urge for a fresh start after a major life event. This article captures that feeling perfectly. Thank you for sharing! 🙌 **@akshayballal** · 1 upvotes > I quit on the day of my wedding. Mainly to align my career towards a point where I and my wife can live together as she lives in Europe. **@ohbobby** · 0 upvotes > Wanted to read the article, but my eyes started to hurt. I would suggest changing the font. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#community](https://daily.dev/tags/community) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/should-you-choose-your-passion-over-a-paycheck--j6qulgp7v) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Should You Choose Your Passion Over a Paycheck?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/should-you-choose-your-passion-over-a-paycheck--j6qulgp7v","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/should-you-choose-your-passion-over-a-paycheck--j6qulgp7v"},"datePublished":"2023-06-12T14:04:32.712Z","dateModified":"2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z","description":"Job hunting spikes on work anniversaries, milestone birthdays, major life events, and oddly, high school and college reunions. 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