On the Nature of Work and Art
Some people have a high falootin opinion of themselves, and therefore, their work. Let's distinguish jobwork from the broader term used by artists to describe their creations.

The healthiest among us realize that working for a boss is something you do for the pay. Most of this work is of transitory value.

Most of the projects I have worked on in my career were late and over budget. Few of the things I accomplished lasted longer than the next regime. In fact, virtually every one of the very successful companies I worked for eventually went out of business or were absorbed by another organization and exist only as unimportant subgroups. Wang Labs, Prime Computer, Index Technologies, Bull Express are prominent examples. But, there are thousands more similar stories. All the accomplishments of people who worked for these organizations have been rendered irrelevent and meaningless. OK, I will grant that the people who invented e-mail, GUI, and the Worldwide Web have made lasting contributions, but virtually all of these people were actually working as unsupervised artists in a creative friendly environment.

Do real artists think of their creations as work? Is it art, if I sit down to write an essay specifically for paid publication? I think not. The editor then becomes my boss. The mere consideration of issues like: who will pay for this when I'm done? have a constraining effect on my creativity, because I know most mainstream editors will not buy my stuff unless I tone it down and leave out the most creative elements.
Let's face it, people who work for their pay have a lot in common with whores. Get over yourselves you stinking prostitutes.