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Honest question, is someone not mentally drained after programming(or just working) all day? That has been my experience for my 10+ year career every single day

• default-kramer 7y ago
  It depends where you work. Some places have very low expectations for their programmers. I have heard of places with very high expectations, but I've never worked at one yet. I've never felt mentally drained, but on occasion I have felt "keyed up" and I can't stop thinking about an interesting problem even when I go home. That is definitely less than 20% of the days in my 10+ year career though.
• bradlys 7y ago
  My mental drainage is tied almost completely to how much I enjoy the work and/or work environment. If the work sucks - I come home hating my job, hating my life, and wanting a new job. Therefore - I am much more drained. If the work is relatively interesting or am just not upset with it - then I come home feeling energized or fine. (Rare these days - I really hate my job and want a new one) This is why I find getting a new job to be extremely difficult. The more I hate my job - the more I need to interview and do technical interview prep to get out... Which needs to be done at home after work. But the more I hate my job - the more drained I am - thus, the less I am able to do those things. It ends up keeping you in the same shitty job for way longer than you want. It's almost like they thought about this...