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I can't speak to the others but my mind will often continue chewing on problems when I'm outside of work, like if I'm driving home, over dinner, etc. There's a

I can't speak to the others but my mind will often continue chewing on problems when I'm outside of work, like if I'm driving home, over dinner, etc. There's also a nagging bit that says "the wife and kids are asleep, there's nothing stopping you from sending those emails/working on the fixes you were looking at earlier". Then one email becomes four, a feature is completed/tested/checked in, and it's midnight. It's not that my employer feels entitled to free labor, it's that my brain can't stop thinking about work. My job has somehow become my hobby.

TranquilMarmot 11y ago
This happens to me, too... I'll have a problem that gets stuck in my head that I can't stop thinking about. In the car... making dinner... exercising... the whole time it's there, in my head, hanging over me. Sometimes to take my mind off of it I go work on other programming projects, but I am worried about burnout from programming 70+ hours a week. I've looked for other hobbies, but so far programming is the only one that I thoroughly enjoy and can stick to for an extended amount of time.