The author has a good strong point about leaving work at work when you leave. Unfortunately, he makes a logical error in thinking that this generalizes to any s

The author has a good strong point about leaving work at work when you leave. Unfortunately, he makes a logical error in thinking that this generalizes to any sort activity that resembles your work. Would anyone berate a mechanic who likes to go home to work on the classic Camaro he is restoring for fun? Just because the guy does similar things for work and fun doesn't make him absolutely wrong or necessarily worse at his job. When I leave at 5, I don't worry about work. I go home, have dinner with my family, play with my kid, etc. Then, while I'm watching TV, I sometimes sneak in coding on some side project or open source fix, writing a blog post, or organizing a meetup. This doesn't make me a fool or bad at my job. If anything, I'm continuing to develop and retool to keep my competitive edge so I can keep getting paid well for work that I don't hate. That's smart. I've worked with guys like this, and they drive me crazy. If you hate your career path, that's a you problem. Don't make it mine.