I've been down this path for several years. The more I pressure myself to code at my free time, the less I do it.
Why do we code after work hours?
To stay relevant. There's this fear of becoming obsolete...the dinosaur. So we code our eyes off.
Also, we do this to keep up (more like compete) with our virtual and real buddies. This is our developer version of "Keeping up with the Joneses".
"You are still using Angular 1.x? LOL, that's so old!"
translates to
"You are still driving a car from 5 years ago? LOL, that's so old!"
The saddest thing is that all is self-induced. We like to blame it on how fast tech is changes. But it's just our internal voice (call it self-hate/ego/pride) controlling us instead of just living life!
There is more to life than just code. Don't think your skills will go down. Nah, you'll be surprised to find out that all you need is a break from coding.
We are more than just our code :)
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Excellent article, Jon. My exact thoughts.
I've been down this path for several years. The more I pressure myself to code at my free time, the less I do it.
Why do we code after work hours?
To stay relevant. There's this fear of becoming obsolete...the dinosaur. So we code our eyes off.
Also, we do this to keep up (more like compete) with our virtual and real buddies. This is our developer version of "Keeping up with the Joneses".
"You are still using Angular 1.x? LOL, that's so old!"
translates to
"You are still driving a car from 5 years ago? LOL, that's so old!"
The saddest thing is that all is self-induced. We like to blame it on how fast tech is changes. But it's just our internal voice (call it self-hate/ego/pride) controlling us instead of just living life!
There is more to life than just code. Don't think your skills will go down. Nah, you'll be surprised to find out that all you need is a break from coding.
We are more than just our code :)