On a related note, it's probably also worth pointing out that: A: The majority of people in the tech industry are indeed like this. They go to work, build site

On a related note, it's probably also worth pointing out that: A: The majority of people in the tech industry are indeed like this. They go to work, build sites/programs/apps for eight hours or so and go home to relax. The percentage you saw doing tech envagelism on Twitter or hosting conferences or heading up open source projects or posting on Reddit or Hacker News all the time are a minority of the population, and you're not a failure or 'strange' if you're not like that. B: Even if you didn't have enough time to build up your knowledge while working, 90% of companies that need developers don't need cutting edge technology. Most people aren't working at Google/Facebook/Apple/Microsoft/whatever.