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Discussion on: Longtime devs: Have you rekindled your love of coding after losing the spark at any point in your career?

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Jake Wesorick

I worked on my own startup full-time. When things just weren't working out I pushed through because I didn't want to give up on my co-founders. This caused a lot of burnout. I just wasn't excited about what I was doing anymore. Coding became a stressful activity. Since I've joined another, later stage, startup with a much better work/life balance I've been coding my own stuff outside work for fun. For me it really seems like a good indicator going forward. If I'm not enjoying coding at work or for fun at home, I probably need to change things up.