It's funny but when I was younger I wanted to be a writer. I joke that I am a writer, it's just that I write code rather than prose.

I have this long-standing argument with a friend, who's also a programmer, because I say the exact same thing you say, that for me writing code is like writing prose. I even edit my code in the same way I used to edit my writing, way back when.

Btw, I don't think that the fact I like to code makes me better at it. Frx, I like music, but I would suck at it and I know lots of people who are in the same position; except that many don't seem to understand it.

I've also seen people do completely stupid things with their code exactly because they like to code. They want to show off their shiny techniques and overengineer something to death, for no good reason.

Actually, I've done that myself now I think about it. Many times. We'll see if I learned not to do it again.