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Do you do it after working for 8 hours though? I sometimes do it on the weekend, mainly because then I can program in new and more interesting areas. But after
by nivenkos 5y ago
Do you do it after working for 8 hours though?
I sometimes do it on the weekend, mainly because then I can program in new and more interesting areas. But after work feels impossible, I just don't want to sit in front of the computer still.
- stavros 5y agoYeah, I'll regularly finish work and continue programming for a few more hours. I like it a lot. Not always, of course, but not rarely either.
- saurik 5y agoI definitely tend to spend all my waking hours in front of a computer coding. If I am going to do something other than coding I would prefer to allocate an entire day to it than bother with a coding session that isn't going to benefit from the flow state that comes from coding for 16 hours straight. (Maybe you just hate your job? I work for myself.)
- badpun 5y agoYou’ve been able to sustain this over how many years?
- saurik 5y agoFWIW, I turn 40 next month, which is apparently "old" in this field. With the exception of a few months in grad school when I became so utterly demoralized by how all of the software we use on a daily basis is horrible and I quit computers entirely (even doing a "powerpoint presentation" using physical cellophane slides that I carefully drew to look like a stereotypical powerpoint presentation with markers) I have kept up my excitement to use and program computers until the whee hours of the morning for three decades.
- momirlan 5y agoIt seems what you do is work, not "mindlessly surfing the internet". No need to worry, carry on.
- Aeolun 5y agoI could easily program after my previous jobs (small teams, relaxed atmosphere), but at my current job (large enterprise, constant crunch) it’s impossible. I’m just mentally done when I come home. I think about programming anything and my brain just screams No!.