I program for work, and not leisure. As prospective careers go, it probably ranks top among similar labor. All the same I could not be arsed to develop "for its

I program for work, and not leisure. As prospective careers go, it probably ranks top among similar labor. All the same I could not be arsed to develop "for its own sake". Work offers coordinating with others towards a common goal and finding validation from the product, and the value it brings - but it also, it offers incentive. If people don't "have" to do anything, they generally don't do much. Especially today where attention is easily hijacked by passive electronic consumption, advertisers. This leads to problems. Low motivation, ennui, health issues. It's not a question of "discovering what one likes to do".