People's free time is just that. Their free time. It's perfectly OK to do anything you want with that time, and no one has the right to tell you otherwise. Wit

People's free time is just that. Their free time. It's perfectly OK to do anything you want with that time, and no one has the right to tell you otherwise. With that said, I think it's a lot healthier to have other hobbies outside of coding. It certainly helps with creativity and generally not becoming a robot. Not to say coding as a hobby in addition to your profession is unhealthy, but only coding in and outside of work could be.