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Discussion on: Will you write code after you retire? How will your relationship with our craft change?

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Luke Malpass • Edited

I started coding at 10 before money was a thing. It was my natural curiosity and passion. I've since earned enough I don't need to work. I still am coding. When I sell up my businesses for an easy life or at the odd weekend or holiday when I relax I code. It's my natural desire to create and learn.

When I employ developers there are only two questions. The first is why did you get into programming. The answer I'm looking for is to solve problems, make things better, learn new things. The second is seeing how they react to something they don't know and I want them to ask why or figure it out (I'm looking for curiosity).

I think if your a programmer who got into it naturally out of curiousity and desire to learn new things then you will by knocking out pull requests in your care home.

If your in it the same reason people get a job at McDonald's (for the money) then definitely not.

For how it changes.. I find I develop more creatively when it's not pressured with work and client demands. I experiment. I try what I normally would not. And from that typically comes discovery and progression. So for all you employers out there take it from an employer and dev that developers work better when not confined or over pressured. Let their wings be free to fly.