Exactly. I happen to like ice cream, but if I ate nothing but ice cream everyday, I'd grow sick of it pretty quickly. I like to program and even do it in my fr

Exactly. I happen to like ice cream, but if I ate nothing but ice cream everyday, I'd grow sick of it pretty quickly. I like to program and even do it in my free time. I'll even work longer hours if the problems at work are interesting enough. Still, I have other interests, friends who aren't programmers, family, and if I wasn't able to pursue those things because I was too caught up at work, I'd grow to resent my work, whatever it was. The programming I do at work I enjoy, but it's also my job so I leave when the working day is done, or a little later if I'm caught up in something particularly interesting or urgent. Then I go home, and maybe I'll work on projects of my own, or I'll do something else that interests me. It's not about being only into programming because it's a job and it pays well (I've been doing it since I was nine) and it's not about looking down on people who spend their lives doing nothing but. It's also not about not being one of those people who do nothing but and looking down on those who don't. It's about programming, enjoying enjoying what I do, but still having a life outside of work. 515 all the way.