<story><title>It is perfectly OK to only code at work, you can have a life too</title><url>https://zeroequalsfalse.com/posts/it-is-ok-to-only-code-at-work/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jasode</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt;, it is perfectly OK to have a life outside of work. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes, &lt;i&gt;of course&lt;/i&gt; it&amp;#x27;s perfectly ok to have a life of not programming outside of work.&lt;p&gt;But these types of articles are always missing the point:  it&amp;#x27;s not all about your inner feelings but &lt;i&gt;about the _others_ you don&amp;#x27;t control who value passion programmers more than 9-to-5 programmers&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;p&gt;If you truly want to be at peace with this blog&amp;#x27;s advice, what you&amp;#x27;re really saying is that you acknowledge that many companies, hiring managers, startups, etc value the nonstop hobbyist programmer &lt;i&gt;but don&amp;#x27;t care&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, many 9-to-5 programmers who want to compartmentalize their coding to work hours &lt;i&gt;feel resentment and unfairness&lt;/i&gt; that many in the business world &lt;i&gt;prefer&lt;/i&gt; the passion programmers with side projects, github contributions, hackathon competitions, etc.  This blog post will do nothing to convince those hiring managers to treat the 9-to-5 programmer and the weekend programmer as &lt;i&gt;exactly equal&lt;/i&gt;.  That&amp;#x27;s unrealistic.</text></comment>
<story><title>It is perfectly OK to only code at work, you can have a life too</title><url>https://zeroequalsfalse.com/posts/it-is-ok-to-only-code-at-work/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tsukurimashou</author><text>Considering the amount of people in this industry that don&amp;#x27;t know what they are doing, sure it is &amp;quot;OK&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Just don&amp;#x27;t be surprised that people doing code outside of work will probably get better jobs &amp;#x2F; get hired more easily.&lt;p&gt;Some people are really passionate about the field, and don&amp;#x27;t really see it as &amp;quot;working&amp;quot; I think it is important for these people to have both professional projects and personal ones.&lt;p&gt;But like a lot of people that are passionate about something, a few of them will end up being light years ahead of people just doing it for money, or seeing it as a &amp;quot;regular job&amp;quot; just like any other job.</text></comment>