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Re:It is perfectly OK to only code at work, you can have a l... by yesenadam on Saturday August 17, 2019 @08:19PM (#20727328)
Well, I guess it's just reading the comment two entirely different ways. The way I read it, it sounds like someone who loves programming, not being able to imagine how you would never want to program outside work–not 24 hours a day, but never at all. You know, for the fun of it.

You make it sound like the guy is your boss, making it a requirement for employment that people do programming they don't want to do outside work hours.

The guy said "probably" and "is how I look at it", but that wasn't enough–the words are still treated like he'd said "definitely" and "I'd make this a legal requirement" or something. Ah anyway.

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Re:It is perfectly OK to only code at work, you can have a l... by detaro on Saturday August 17, 2019 @08:33PM (#20727387)
Things don't have to be legal requirements to effectively be requirements. I'd hate to be considered not fit for tech by my coworkers, my boss, a potential employer, ... because of how I like to spend my free time, and if that sentiment is common it is a problem for people not fitting that expectation. Which I think is be bad, even if I personally would benefit from it. And you see people push others out with arguments like this, it's not a theoretical thing. (I'm not saying the original commenter is doing so, but explaining why I read the comment as negatively as I did)
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