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Re:Why I'm Frequently Absent from Open Source by watwut on Monday February 27, 2017 @03:06AM (#13742698)
Members of "github is my resume" either don't work on critical projects that are under time pressure or don't have jobs that require them to code a lot. I was much more open to hobby coding when the job had unreasonable amount of meetings (or other socialization). When I was focusing on code/design most of daytime, I found out I was too tired even before 8 hours ticked.

Coding meant I will be less productive next day and besides, I was already coding a lot and getting better at it in work. I found it more rational to focus in my free time on things that job wont teach me.

Re:Why I'm Frequently Absent from Open Source by ugexe on Monday February 27, 2017 @09:17AM (#13744310)
Not everyone is tired of coding after a day work just because you are. Do you think the top professional athletes have that type of attitude?
Re:Why I'm Frequently Absent from Open Source by watwut on Monday February 27, 2017 @11:38AM (#13745438)
Yes, professional athletes do recovery. They spend time wi th baths, massages and take (legal) supplements to speed the whole process. They also train super intensively, they do not train for 12 hours a day.

If you are not tired after whole day of coding, then you was not coding intensively enough or did not had to solve difficult enough problems. Of course I can slowly hang around easy code for hours. It is different when you are trying to be as fast as possible and still not sacrifice the quality.