I'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

I'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.