Maybe it's the difference between programmers who have little motivation to try anything new and programmers who try new things on the side. I've been fortunat

Maybe it's the difference between programmers who have little motivation to try anything new and programmers who try new things on the side. I've been fortunate to work in circumstances where it's allowed and expected to spend time experimenting with new ideas or technologies to see if they'd fit with the project--so it's not a distinction between people who put in their eight hours and go home and people who work twelve or fourteen hours a day, seven days a week.