That works great when you need inspiration or a fresh perspective to get you unstuck. Those opportunities certainly arise in programming too, but additional tim

That works great when you need inspiration or a fresh perspective to get you unstuck. Those opportunities certainly arise in programming too, but additional time spent doing actual development are going to help too, both from a learning and practice point of view. If you want to become a better guitar player you need to spend a lot of time playing the guitar. Putting half of what could be your playing time into taking long walks in the woods or taking long showers will probably not be as helpful as actually playing the guitar. Programming is in many ways very similar, depending on exactly what it is you are doing when coding on nights and weekends.