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"I certainly do believe that programming outside of your job is an extremely good predictor of passion" Yes, I think that's the point. Is this a good predicto
by techiferous 17y ago
"I certainly do believe that programming outside of your job is an extremely good predictor of passion"
Yes, I think that's the point. Is this a good predictor? If you are a young, single male, then maybe so. There are many other reasons besides lack of passion that can prevent a passionate programmer from programming outside of work.
- swombat 17y agoActually, no. I think that's almost the definition of a passionate programmer: there's very little that cna stop them from programming outside of work - not even a full time programming day job.
- techiferous 17y agoYou are a mother with two kids.
- elptacek 17y agoYep. I am. And I program, but rarely outside of work. I leave work at 5 and, when the schedule permits, I start coding again after they go to bed. This is likely to happen 2 or 3 times a month. So far I've read nothing in this thread that doesn't make the assumption of no other demands on one's time. Maybe I'd get the job if I just said, "I wish"? Not that it matters. I have a great job.
- mquander 17y agoSupposing for the sake of argument that you were actually passionate about more than one thing in the world, can you imagine why someone might want to spend six or eight hours doing some of the others after spending eight or ten hours doing one?