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This whole spare time coding, public repository pressure, and interview coding assignments are the reson why the industry is spitting out burned out people befo
by expertentipp 9y ago
This whole spare time coding, public repository pressure, and interview coding assignments are the reson why the industry is spitting out burned out people before they reach 35 and why the communities are so hysterical.
- Caveman_Coder 9y agoI've told this story on HN before, but when I was first interviewing, companies would ask me for my GitHub/public projects/conferences/etc. and I would say that in my free time I'd rather be outside doing various activities instead of in front of a computer. Turns out you can still take pride in your craft and be a professional without having to spend every waking minute coding. Some companies seemed taken aback by the fact that I'd rather be hiking or kayaking than working on some pointless open source project. It was kinda weird for me seeing their reactions though.