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Re:Is There Any Room for the Not-Passionate Developer? by keymon-o on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @02:53AM (#12208216)
I don't think coding side projects should be anything more than a hobby. Difference between coding for work and coding as a hobby is that with hobby you don't stress out yourself, but it relaxes you and makes you feel good.

If you take coding at home serious as you (presumably) do at work, like following deadlines, doing stuff you don't enjoy, stress yourself out, then it is a very unhealthy expectation.

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Re:Is There Any Room for the Not-Passionate Developer? by gedrap on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @04:07AM (#12208453)
Same. Probably that's why I usually abandon my side projects ;) well, at least I learn something new every time.

Just sometimes you need to get focused and finish some ugly small issue that prevents you from actually shipping. The feeling of shipping something that works usually beats it all at the end.

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