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Discussion on: Do I need to code in my free time to be a good developer?

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Eljay-Adobe

Work is work. My free time is mine. I don't work on work in my free time. (See my response in the dev.to/sloan/why-i-left-3-consecut... post.)

My hobbies are... well... programming. So I'm in that category of folks who do programming for fun and leisure. Guilty as charged.

But my coworkers have other hobbies that they engage in. To name a few: golf, running, exercise, car mechanic, photography, astronomy, painting, standards committee, or forensic criminal investigation. And they're all fabulous developers.