# Quote — Wesley Chu, The Lives of Tao

> When someone asked Roen what he did, he explained that he typed incoherent commands that performed virtual tasks to create intangible objects. At the end of the day, Roen wasn’t sure what he did or why he did it—just that every two weeks, he received a paycheck for the hours of his life wasted, building these imaginary things on some server located somewhere.

- Author: [Wesley Chu](https://www.leafyquotes.com/wesley-chu.md)
- Book: [The Lives of Tao](https://www.leafyquotes.com/wesley-chu/the-lives-of-tao.md)
- Page: 57
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wesley_Chu#The_Lives_of_Tao_(2013)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/wesley-chu/the-lives-of-tao/when-someone-asked

## More from this book

> Conflict does breed innovation, but so does diversity and cultural development. Bringing people together to share ideas is just as powerful a catalyst.

p. 325 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/wesley-chu/the-lives-of-tao/conflict-does-breed.md)

> I’m not one to fall for religious psychobabble, but then I’ve always had a problem with a rabbit that lays painted eggs.

p. 356 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/wesley-chu/the-lives-of-tao/im-not-one.md)

> “The world spins despite me, not because of me,” he muttered.

p. 146 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/wesley-chu/the-lives-of-tao/the-world-spins.md)