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Discussion on: Programmers who only code at work

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Eduard Rastoropov

Your eagerness to work in your free time will slowly fade only if you are not doing the things you are passionate about. That's why many people become entrepreneurs, instead of being enslaved by someone, because then they have much more control over their lives.

It is very easy to get stuck in the stage of constantly solving problems or learning something because during that process our ego rises and it feels enjoyable, that's why some people who are married to their computer do not need much / any social interaction. The question here is what is your life's purpose (hopefully, you have one) and are you actually going after it, clearly seeing it in front of yourself when you meditate and work or coding it just a way of escapism from the real world for you as it is with many developers (which may feel natural, but again, take away the distractions and activities that boosts ego for few months and you will see what you actually as a human being are without them).