Discussion on: Does coding become less fun when its a job?

I find that my side projects get more fun every 6 or so months because I've gained so much "real world" experience that I can now apply to them. Likewise, making something interesting in my down time can reinvigorate me in my professional work. I think they feed each other.

I'm lucky though. I like coding and having two different worlds of it (personal and professional) keeps me from burning out. this wouldn't work for me if slinging scripts was just a paycheck to me.