• Schal330@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        I’m so envious that you have it as a job and a hobby. When I started coding I’d hoped I’d be one of those people that just whips up stuff in their free time for fun, but after finishing work I just find myself not wanting to code 😔

        • 𝚝𝚛𝚔@aussie.zone
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          4 days ago

          I deliberately avoided IT as a career because I didn’t want my hobby to be ruined by making it work.

          Unfortunately now I’m so buggered after working my normal job that I lack the energy (and time) to code much anyway. And I earn less, probably.

          Think I might have played myself.

          • pmk@lemmy.sdf.org
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            4 days ago

            I like to program in the evenings until I hit a problem I don’t immediately know how to solve, then the problem is something I can think about while driving to work or taking a shower or falling asleep. There’s no pressure, and sometimes this takes weeks, with some reading up on things and research here and there. And then suddenly, a plan starts to form for how to deal with the problem, and I can’t wait to go home and implement the solution. The important part is that it feels good, to thoroughly understand the task and to write code that flows like a clear line of thought.