It's important to take breaks from work and engage in hobbies that not only help you relax, but also complement your skills. Here are some of our favorite hobbies. What hobbies to you enjoy that complement your career of give your brain a much needed break from time to time?
- Playing Strategy Games like chess, poker, or board games require critical thinking, problem-solving, and strategic planning — skills that are essential in coding and developing.
- Building and Fixing Computers can give you a better understanding of how computer hardware works, and this knowledge can come in handy when working on software projects or debugging issues.
- Learning a New Language can expand your cultural knowledge and improve your communication skills, and these are great skills to have when working on a team or communicating with clients.
- Creating Art or Music allows you to exercise your creativity and problem-solving skills.
- Writing can help you organize your thoughts and communicate ideas clearly.
- Photography can provide you with opportunities to see the world in a new way and capture moments that inspire you.
What hobbies do you enjoy outside of coding? Share your favorites in the comments below!
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I really like playing and creating music.
I’ve been knitting since I was six. Every time I watch a tutorial I’m knitting.
“Knitting is, at its fundamentals, a binary code featuring top-down design, standardized submodules, and recursive logic that relies on ratios, mathematical principles, and an intuitive grasp of three-dimensional geometry.”
~ Kim Salazar on Knit List
I tried and enjoyed crochet after getting creepy cute crochet as a present for my sister; and having to buy myself a copy too 😁
I guess knitting has similar principles to crochet but I've never tried it.
The Jacquard Loom was a precursor to the first 'computer'; so working with thread is more important to computing than some people might think ;)
Wow I love that quote!! I was talking to a friend that knits and I was really drawn to the underlying math/rules of it so that quote really speaks to me lol thank you for sharing!
anything NON computer related ... :-D
but yeah for me it's going out and enjoying nature, essentially just to reset from work
Lego robotics and model rail!!
Never drank beer in a sauna but at first sight it looks good to me 😂
Skateboarding, snowboarding, wind/kite surfing, surfing as well. As I'm aging i'm switching to something less demanding but not less fun -- onewheeling.
Have you tried freeskates yet? Cruising on those is a great way to switch off for an hour or two.
Wow, looks like fun! Thanks for sharing.
Gym, Strategy games, new languages, art and music, photography are my another skills <3
For example, making digital art and posting it to a site like DeviantArt.
This is beneficial because it gives devs a backup occupation in case they're out of coding work. Plus, they can play two roles in the gamedev game.
If I’ve had a hard day of coding at work I struggle with screen time at home whether watching tv or playing games so that’s when I’ll stick an audiobook on.
Otherwise I like to read, go for walks or play video games. I find I burn out quite quickly otherwise so I only code in my spare time if I know I have the mental capacity 🙂
Writing and weight-training.
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