The article makes some decent points, but to the assertion that "Doing Work Outside of Work is Fucking Stupid" I reply that many things people do in their spare

The article makes some decent points, but to the assertion that "Doing Work Outside of Work is Fucking Stupid" I reply that many things people do in their spare time are "stupid". AoC participants enjoy competing and flexing the programming muscles, or they would not do it. Some try to learn a new programming language by using it for AoC.