This. Agree with all that you said. I wonder if this will keep me stagnant in my programming chops. But at the same time I realize that expanding the chops is

This. Agree with all that you said. I wonder if this will keep me stagnant in my programming chops. But at the same time I realize that expanding the chops is diminishing returns for my life from all angles, including satisfaction and finance. I have hobbies, families, communities that I serve and are expanding other non programming skills. That being said, at the same time I also kinda don't know what is fun anymore about programming. I think for me, creating real stuffs that real people can use is always fun, but at the same time I don't have ideas. Many (useless) ideas are already reiterated over and over again by people posted on Github/Reddit. I tried to go deeper into a specific implementation, like for example database engine or compiler. But I realized that wasn't as fun as I thought it to be. In terms of programming, I always liked learning programming languages, but it gets old real fast. Once that is over, I don't know what else should I do. I'm thinking of learning OCaml next. Or maybe I should try other field of programming like game development. Or maybe I should just be content not doing any programming related hobbies anymore and just stick with my other hobbies.