Re:I have no side code projects to show you
by anta40 on Thursday October 26, 2017 @12:36AM
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A lot of coders consider coding not only as a job, but also as hobby. Usually they experiment with new stuffs this way, and thus their open source projects at Sourceforge/Github, etc etc.
I don't expect a brain surgeon to mess with somebody's head because he's bored at weekend, though :p
Re:I have no side code projects to show you
by freedomben on Thursday October 26, 2017 @01:14AM
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For the first many years, I was this way (considering coding as a job and a hobby). I guess it still is in many ways, but as I've gotten older I've started to feel the burnout more. If I spend my weekend doing anything on my computer, I feel it on Monday and just want to do something different.
Re:I have no side code projects to show you
by derefr on Thursday October 26, 2017 @02:12AM
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Personally, I've lately been considering the opposite: getting out of coding as a job, so that I can continue to love it as a hobby.
Re:I have no side code projects to show you
by lostfocus on Thursday October 26, 2017 @03:52AM
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Yeah, I tried that. Turns out I missed coding at work a lot and will now go back to it.
I don't think it's wrong to work on side project. Some people like or want to. Who am I to judge what they do on their free time? It might happen to overlap with their job, or it might not.
But I agree, I don't require my surgeon to do surgery in his spare time. I've worked with plenty of great engineers who wanted to leave work at work, and after 40 hours of engineering, enough was enough and spent their free time doing something that wasn't engineering. I've also worked with people who did side projects, and were equally amazing.