I’ve been programming professionally for over 25 years. I have not written a line of code for “fun” since I graduated from college.
Do you mean you coded for fun before graduating and not since, or ever?
Like you never coded a little game or a shell function to make your commandline usage easier or anything like that just for your own use, for fun?
Honestly it’s a double edged sword to like coding because then you get opinions about languages.
I could never be a mercenary in anything though. If I didn’t like coding I’d be a destitute individual.
I spent from 1996 (when I graduated) -2012 as a part time fitness instructor, active runner and a weightlifter.
I spent from 1996-2002 and 2006-2012 hanging out with friends and dating (I was married from 2002-2006.
From 2012-2022 I spent my time with family (got remarried in 2012).
By the end of 2022, my wife and I had gotten rid of everything that wouldn’t fit into three suitcases and decided to be “hybrid digital nomads” where we stay in our “vacation home” from October - early February and we fly around to different cities in the US for the other 7 months.
I’ve also taken back up running.
There is so much more to life than pecking on a computer during my free time.
Software development is a means to an end - nothing more.
Any marriage advice? (Most of my divorced friends would say "Never marry" lol)
It’s the easiest method I have to support my addiction to food and shelter.
Still, I failed to find a career where what I enjoy is tied to what I am getting paid for. I am pretty sure that is the case for most people around the world. Life can be good regardless (and is for me), but actually enjoying what you are doing professionally, that is a cheat code for living well.