I've mostly operated this way. I'm more practical minded than philosophical about things. I see debates about programming language X has feature A1, etc. and I

I've mostly operated this way. I'm more practical minded than philosophical about things. I see debates about programming language X has feature A1, etc. and I just don't find that interesting (or discussions about compilers or building a framework, etc.) If I don't see a practical point to implementing something, I just don't spend time on it. I'm perfectly fine with others that want to do this, its just not for me. I like understanding how things work and using my skills to solve problems. If software/programming didn't exist, I'd probably be an engineer of some kind since that is my mindset. If that were the case, I wouldn't be engineering things in my spare time. Software careers are odd in that some people expect developers to "have passion" and throw every part of their being into it. That's not healthy for any career.