I'm also Australian and let me just say; careful, this is the path to burn out. I spent much of the Easter weekend learning Go, and to me that was a solid inve

I'm also Australian and let me just say; careful, this is the path to burn out. I spent much of the Easter weekend learning Go, and to me that was a solid investment of my time. I do not make a habit of coding extracurricularly though. If I want to hone my skills or work on a personal project, I'll do this in dead time during my fulltime work. As an exercise, it is better to improve your ability to get things done within the 9-5 window than to allow that to balloon into your personal time. You can still strive for excellence without running yourself fullsteam into burnoutland.