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I went through majority of the comments here and it seems to me that for many programmers, their life revolves around side projects and they consider that other

I went through majority of the comments here and it seems to me that for many programmers, their life revolves around side projects and they consider that other programmers should also do the same. There is more to life than just programming. It was not even a job until 100 years ago. Richard Feynman did not only do physics all his life. He learned how to paint, how to play music etc. Why restrict yourself to the programming bubble? The OP seems to me a sane person in this world of overworked zombies with fat bellies who call themselves passionate programmers.

nanodano 9y ago
I think you missed a lot of the comments saying, you don't have to live, eat, and breath code in order to have some code you've written up on GitHub. You don't have to spend every waking breath coding in order to write a script that will order you a pizza or something. You're life doesn't have to revolve around programming to find one weekend out of the year to write a program or spend 1 hour per week working on something. I am a developer and I like to do plenty of things outside of programming. I ride motorcycles, read books (and writing a book!), play guitar/violin/piano, learn Russian, digital paint, make 3d art models, play video games, go out to eat, karaoke, go to meetups, blog, etc, etc. Most developers I know have plenty of hobbies outside of programming, but still manage to squeeze in some time for side projects. It does not have to consume your life...