Ben Harper wrote:
> I suspect the 'fun' thing is a bit of a stab at the frequency of the 
> word 'fun', as well as the 'programmer happiness' thing in Ruby and/or 
> Rails evangelism. I myself don't like such terms too much when used to 
> describe what I do.
> I love my work, and some of it now involves ruby, but 'fun', in written 
> english, has connotations that perhaps do not suit the way myself and 
> like-minded people describe how we feel about our work. I would use it 
> in conversation, but I would not use it in a banner advertising my 
> working environment.
> 
Yes ... I do what I do for a living (mostly in Perl and R, not yet Ruby
or Rails) for two reasons: I enjoy doing it and I get paid well for it.
Take away either of those and I'd go job hunting.