I also started 30 years ago - mid 1996. I did not do side projects. I really enjoyed most of my 20s as a single person. I was a part time fitness instructor,

I also started 30 years ago - mid 1996. I did not do side projects. I really enjoyed most of my 20s as a single person. I was a part time fitness instructor, I dated, hung out with friends, did some traveling. The other developers at my job also had plenty of outside hobbies.