That's my biggest gripe here, too. Why are people so black-and-white about this? I work 40-60 hours/week depending on what's going on. Sometimes while working 4

That's my biggest gripe here, too. Why are people so black-and-white about this? I work 40-60 hours/week depending on what's going on. Sometimes while working 40 hour weeks I don't write any code at home preferring to do one of the many other thing I enjoy. Other times I'm practically buried in work and come home and poke around on a side project. This just varies depending on my mood and what (if any) interesting stuff has my attention. If you enjoy something, you'll find time. If you don't enjoy it, why is it your career again? If you ask me the whole point of this discussion shouldn't be 'coding at home' but instead 'giving a crap'. Even just a little passion for your field will get you a long way in any profession - and I think that is especially true in creative fields like programming. Here I am on a Saturday afternoon putting some thinking time into my field... have I devoted the day to it? Hardly! You're right on that there's absolutely nothing mutually exclusive about enjoying coding (and lots of other completely unrelated stuff) as a hobby and as a career.