I used to come home and work on things that I really like and is very intricate. I like to work on core libraries or very low level stuff. I am an embedded dev

I used to come home and work on things that I really like and is very intricate. I like to work on core libraries or very low level stuff. I am an embedded dev by profession. In my entire 13 years of my career I always went home to program on something I really like. This helped me destress a lot and also helped me professionally. I really struggle with the office environment. I really love the open source development culture of mailing lists, IRCs etc. Handling different people face to face and their mannerisms always irks me a lot. Also being an introvert in a horribly extroverted workplace really puts a stress on me. When I go home I really love to read and implement something at my own pace. These days I have picked up cooking which is a lot similar to programming and I really love it.