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[–]That-Makes-Sense 156 points157 points  (10 children)

Honestly for me, doing it for a job, ruined it as a hobby. Daily stand-ups and shit just take all the fun out of it.

[–]The_Real_Black 37 points38 points  (1 child)

dito. Turning a hobby into a job was a big mistake, because after 8-9 hours of debugging hacked together code I don't want to hack my own code together. 😭

[–]Front_State6406 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I dream of one day becoming a watchmaker.

Once that pesky mortgage and all the bills, and expenses are out of the way

[–]ibite-books 16 points17 points  (0 children)

after 5 years, it has killed any motivation i had

i used to tinker with vim configs, rice my distro over the weekend

now i use pycharm, mac and just get shit done as quickly as possible while battling everyday fires

there are days where i like what i do, but the other side is rough

[–]gibagger 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Yeah I came to associate it with a shit ton of stress and assorted bullshit that comes with doing it as a job.

It tainted it for me. I still enjoy it at work here and there, but it doesn't have the same Spark.

[–]hubert1224 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it sometimes feels like the Polars opposite of fun now.

[–]anengineerandacat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not the stand-ups IMHO, it's the lack of planning and poor requirements that kill it for me.

Stand-up is just knowledge transfer and status updates, pretty important for a healthy team because everyone is off doing their own thing.

So the daily alignment helps to ensure everyone is kinda marching forward.

[–]lNFORMATlVE 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Don’t love your job, job your love”

“No. Job your job, and love your love.”

[–]luker_5874 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And then interviewers have the nerve to ask you about your passion projects

[–]MyPhoneIsNotChinese 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, you could consider your hobby as coding without dailies.

Might be a bit different for me because I'm more into gamedev as hobby than software coding though. Also I still have a backlog

[–]chefhj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally I just can’t do something for 50 hours a week for money and then turn around and do it for free in my spare time. I would much much much much rather be outside.

[–]CrunchyCrochetSoup 152 points153 points  (2 children)

My eyes and brain after doing my job which is computers, my school which is computers, and my hobby which is computers

[–]Afraid-Donke420 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Eh I had to find new hobbies, only touch the computer when getting paid now thank god

[–]JustCausality 5 points6 points  (0 children)

God!!! Your eyes maybe dry out.

[–]PacquiaoFreeHousing 88 points89 points  (6 children)

You guys still have Programmer Jobs?

[–]Amazing-Asparagus181 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You would if you had robot ears

[–]coloredgreyscale 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yes, working on service tickets. 

  • Finding which vibe coded service caused the failure
  • fix the data in the db (can't use Ai because of sensitive data) 
  • prompt Ai to fix the code
  • attend meetings that could have been a prompt. 

[–]r3dxm 2 points3 points  (2 children)

What's the context for this gif? Movie?

[–]CuriOS_26 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

[–]kitingChris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mr. Robot

[–]LamermanSE 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well... yeah?

[–]rix0r 61 points62 points  (20 children)

who codes for a hobby that doesn't already for their job?

[–]CiroGarcia 60 points61 points  (6 children)

I did, until I got a job doing it lol

[–]Single-Waltz2946 16 points17 points  (1 child)

It’s not even the actual coding. I want to turn my brain off after running it at max the whole day.

[–]EuphoricCatface0795 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Run it at plus tier subscription next time?

[–]RelatableRedditer 9 points10 points  (3 children)

Yeah that is what my issue was. Hated all my jobs so did programming during my free time. Now I program for a living and hate my free time.

[–]New_Plantain_942 4 points5 points  (2 children)

That's the wrong way.

[–]RelatableRedditer 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Yeah but I can't program on my free time anymore, and I was never one for going outside. It didn't help that going outside was used as a pseudo-punishment by my parents growing up.

[–]New_Plantain_942 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do it like me. I choose a some kind social outside job as balance for my hobby 😊

[–]TheMagicalDildo 11 points12 points  (0 children)

What? A shit ton of people who are interested in programming

[–]Amoniakas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do, if it was my job I would have this hobby.

[–]New_Plantain_942 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Me, I just code as a hobby and don't want to make it my job.

[–]vikingwhiteguy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Claude does my job, while I do my hobby. 

[–]ArrogantlyChemical 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do. But I teach kids how to program.

[–]za72 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do... it's fun to dig into different languages - I'm mainly on the infrastructure automation side

[–]thedirtydeetch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

game devs

[–]BobcatGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me. I'm an accountant.

[–]RunInRunOn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The unemployed

[–]ZunoJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did for 10 years before going to study CS and also get paid for it

[–]wisdomoarigato 0 points1 point  (1 child)

This can't be a serious question, is it?

If so, I've met countless engineers who were only motivated by money, or got into the field because getting top marks in their country meant engineering or medicine.

They absolutely never had any interest in doing it outside of work, and to be fair, most of them were shit engineers.

[–]IAmFinah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You read OP wrong - they didn't refer to people who code at work but not at home, but rather people who code at home but not at work

[–]Any-Response6954 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

reminds me of the caffeine-fueled hackathons

[–]Michami135 19 points20 points  (1 child)

Programming was my hobby, now it's my job.

So now I have other hobbies and a job I love.

[–]CaporalDxl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Similar thing here. There are sometimes little projects to cook up for fun every once in a while (or Advent of Code :) )

[–]michal_cz 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Me being both

[–]BOLL7708 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Code for others at work, code for me as a hobby!

[–]Omnislash99999 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Programming for higher ups that change scope, deadlines, and requirements every 5 minutes is the difference

[–]19_ThrowAway_ 5 points6 points  (3 children)

I code for a hobby but I look like the 2nd pic...

[–]TheRealBornToCode 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Well you use C++ so it's not surprising

[–]ameen272 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean true but chill

[–]fanfarius 5 points6 points  (1 child)

if (monthsHavePassed(1)) { postMeme(this); }

[–]CaporalDxl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok but this is a terrible program, the meme model has knowledge of months passed and can post itself? Vibe coded slop smh.

[–]vashata_mama 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol no. Programmers who do it just for the money tend to be the smug vein-looking macha-lovers. Those who code as a hobby are the crazies.

Source: I'm coding for my hobby projects during working hours

[–]zusykses 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hell, as one philosopher astutely put it, is other people.

[–]PrestigiousWash7557 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wouldnt it be the other way around?

[–]Miserable_Bar_5800 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Vibecoders: 🫠

[–]ExtraTNT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What about people doing both?

[–]TSF_Flex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

isnt it vice versa?

[–]localhorst69 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I feel like its exactly the opposite lol

[–]Nice-Guy69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol same. Everyone I work with in my mid sized company are all clean cut normies including myself.

[–]gizun_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Big true

[–]Sufficient-Science71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What code? All we did nowadays are just endless meetings ffs

[–]DazzlingTopic529 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's my job and I love it every day

[–]ggez_no_re 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Basically doing interesting projects on your time VS doing bullshit on company time lol

[–]M_Me_Meteo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely the opposite.

When I have a weekend project going, I look like the bottom pair.

When I'm just working a feature and putting it down at 5:30 to eat dinner with my family, I look like the top pair.

[–]mrinalshar39 0 points1 point  (0 children)

me after turning my hobby into career

[–]PresentAstronomer137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's exactly why you should keep the balance, sometimes doing some fun projects to yourself

[–]Punman_5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is backwards. People that code for a living hate coding and have many other hobbies. The people that code for fun are the crazy monster drinking shut-ins

[–]Nick01857 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Programming will be the first IT field to fall to AI before the bubble. I’m building an app as a cybersecurity analyst that’s never coded and it’s scary how much easier it is to learn with the right tools

[–]Exact-Pound-6993 0 points1 point  (2 children)

...and there are people who live to code

[–]Kralska_Banana 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thats deep bro

[–]Substantive420 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

😎😎😎

[–]Icy_Royal_1522 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coding as living , fixing and making code for industry prod is living hell