Most definitely. Those that are passionate about their craft will put more pride & spend more time doing it. I also find it really helpful to maintain friendsh

Most definitely. Those that are passionate about their craft will put more pride & spend more time doing it. I also find it really helpful to maintain friendships with developers outside of the Silicon Valley/startup world who are basically programming to live (as opposed to living to program). They provide me with a counter-balance to the echo-chamber-ish view I sometimes fall into. I have colleagues who will hack out an awesome weekend project just because they love to code. And I have colleagues who are admittedly pretty good at programming, but would rather be building a house or working in their garden. They sometimes encourage me take a step back and understand the things that truly bring me joy.