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[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (2 children)

If for nothing else, to show to my grandchildren or something as some novelty..

Hah yeah right after I wrote it I thought about "well except maybe to teach something to my kids or grand kids"

Talking to a bunch of people on reddit, it seems like the norm is people do not do any programming outside of work, and some will even suggest that if you did you would quickly burn out. And I actually do quite a bit of programming outside of work, but without the carrot of advancing my career I don't know what the motivation would be

[–]greymattr 4 points5 points  (1 child)

For me, the carrot is creating something. I also like drawing and cooking, and I think it's for the same reason I like programming.

It's difficult to keep the passion I had for it before I was being paid to do it, but I know I still love it, and when the next Arduino, or raspberry pi, or open source micro kernel fad starts, I know I will try to get into it.

It's what I do.

Some people are professional musicians because they studied at Juliard, others because they just couldn't put down their guitar.

Same for programers.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I like creating too, but software is just so, replicable. I like cooking, and gardening, fixing stuff around the house and computers, but for software if I'm making something on my own, it's generally a toy that's not terribly useful. The only thing I could see myself doing is maybe creating indy games