I agree. For those of us who make software, spending a significant part of our day thinking about interesting problems and interacting with like-minded people i

I agree. For those of us who make software, spending a significant part of our day thinking about interesting problems and interacting with like-minded people is its own reward. A few years back I took a year off and spent some time coding for fun at home, but it just wasn't the same. I missed the daily interaction and the random conversations. For people like us, the question of "why keep working" has an obvious answer.