I love programming for private causes. You build something from scratch, all you see is what you build. And what you build can grow exponentially (object orient

I love programming for private causes. You build something from scratch, all you see is what you build. And what you build can grow exponentially (object oriented ftw!). Within the realm of the digital I can build nearly everything I can imagine. Most of my personal programing is about finding something out I couldn't without building a tool for it. --- Programming for bread and butter: meh. I did a lot of front-end stuff, I now hate browsers (love my FF still), clients (remained diplomatic though), bad specifications (now writing them myself, hopefully doing a much better job) etc. But I also never dug in arguably more interesting scientific and "back-end" stuff. I transitioned to product/project manager and I'm quite happy with that. I'm now seeking for a path towards 20h/week to get some personal programming done; advice welcome. This should be much easier in a non-manager position, maybe that could work for you, too. Oh and artists: Some few lucky ones can live from their art, some fortunate where able to bend themselves to make their art likeable (or where in the game to be liked in the first place). All the others are doing contract work (especially musicians) or don't earn anything...