I love to code at home and it's very important to me. I've had many hobby projects over the years. Aside from fulfilling a curiosity to learn and experiment wit

I love to code at home and it's very important to me. I've had many hobby projects over the years. Aside from fulfilling a curiosity to learn and experiment with things that may not be directly relevant to my day job, I find that when work gets stressful coding in my spare time helps keep me grounded and helps me relax. Until fairly recently I used to have periods where I'd have to put in a lot of hours at work ahead of a deadline or release and I believe having my own projects to focus on in what little spare time I did have also helped prevent burnout - it's a nice reminder that I have my own thing going outside of my day job.