Love what you do, not who you do it for

Love your job, not the client.

Two weeks ago we've moved to our new office, a place that is going to be amazing within the next few months, it’s like a mini silicon valley in the heart of the dead city of Cairo.

Despite the promising future of the place, it’s still not ready for a Company to operate from there as the renovation process is in progress and it’s very hard to focus on your work in addition to the absence of a good internet and the occasional power outage, and also transportation to and from there is very hard nowadays because the new office is located near Tahrir square, and the area there is boiling from inside as clashes are expected to happen in the next few weeks between pro and anti Morsi crowds.

I get attached to things, I deal with stuff as human beings, I love, hate, get interested in, be loyal to, and be at odds with such things, and the Company I work for was a good friend to me since I started working there as It gave me stability, appreciation, and a good idea I’m interested to work on, and that made my work there very interesting to me that I stay at work for late hours, be at the office on day offs and holidays, and even create tasks for myself when there are no tasks to be done.

That move to the new office made my whole life unstable that instead of wanting to go to work everyday I feel it’s heavy on me to go every single day because of the circumstances related to transportation and the renovation process, and this instability made me feel betrayed by a friend who’s turned on me.

I know that “Business is Business” and there are no emotions at work, I know but I don’t agree, specially for a startup where the real capital are those dedicated workers who have goals that intersect with the main goal of the company and they “feel” belonging to it, you can’t eliminate emotions in this case because it’s very healthy.

I understand the fact that I must wake up, get back to the real world, and realize that it’s a company and I’m just an employee, it’s a thing not a person, things don’t care about how you feel but how you act when you deal with them. When you complete your tasks you’ll get paid, if you didn't you’ll get fired, as simple as that.

Will take sometime until the change takes place, but I know I’ll get back to the normal operation efficiency sometime soon, will get back with a new experience and learn to love what I do but not who I do this for, I love web development but I shouldn't fall in love with clients, I should focus on what can be loved and enjoy doing it with passion.

I used to develop web pages on an oriental public cafe and noise didn't stop me, now I’ll do my job despite the noise around.