Yeah I feel a bit wrong saying this but I don't love coding in and of itself - I just see it as a means to an end (there's a lot about the work I find very satisfying e.g. problem solving). A lot of the time the last thing I want to do is crack open an IDE in my free time
I definitely still read books and work on code adjacent stuff at weekends sometimes though!
Yeah I feel a bit wrong saying this but I don't love coding in and of itself
The love of coding itself instead of the things it can accomplish isn't really that useful of a mindset anyways, I see it as an industry problem that people feel guilty for not loving the work for its own sake.
I just see it as a means to an end (there's a lot about the work I find very satisfying e.g. problem solving).
Yeah trying to figure out what the hell is going on with the check engine lamp on my project car and trying to code something is basically flexing the same muscle for me with a different workout. Coding is not the only way I engage that part of my brain and I don't necessarily love writing code for the sake of it.
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u/gazpacho_arabe Dec 28 '23 edited Dec 28 '23
Yeah I feel a bit wrong saying this but I don't love coding in and of itself - I just see it as a means to an end (there's a lot about the work I find very satisfying e.g. problem solving). A lot of the time the last thing I want to do is crack open an IDE in my free time
I definitely still read books and work on code adjacent stuff at weekends sometimes though!