Am I the only one who's intensely jealous of Linus? I'm 34, I've been coding prolifically since I was 9, and by 20 I was running on fumes. That was probably the last time it was any fun.

By now it's very hard to sustain anything remotely resembling motivation, especially having been around long enough to have been around the block with a few technology waves. This article, circulated on HN a while back, resonated with me more strongly than anything I've seen here in years:

https://frankchimero.com/blog/2018/everything-easy/

I'm completely burned out on it all, and I don't even do more than a few hours of coding a week many weeks. Even that takes some serious psychological effort to get into, and some weeks I don't manage it. Honestly, I'd much rather sit in meetings, answer e-mail, and advise others on architecture. I like talking and teaching, and people issues interest me fairly indefatigably. It very well might pay better, too, depending. Alas, I picked a business model that economically rewards me for coding--that other stuff is just non-revenue overhead.

I really hope a day comes soon when I can say, "I don't really get involved in code much anymore," before RSI and disinterest foreclose upon the possibility of a life worth living.