Speaking from experience, holding an office job (it's worse with programming, bad for the neck, wrists, eyes and spine) for 8+ hours a day and then managing a d

Speaking from experience, holding an office job (it's worse with programming, bad for the neck, wrists, eyes and spine) for 8+ hours a day and then managing a disciplined regimen (hours a day including stretching and relaxation, good sleep, eating well) to get really good at a body art of high performance is really tough. Result for me was the opposite, dropped the programmer job at the middle of this year to go back and focus completely on my physical training and run some side projects with very reduced hours and ample time for rest when training gets gruesome.