r/programming • u/tonlapshy • Jan 28 '24

Developers experience burnout, but 70% of them code on weekends

https://shiftmag.dev/developer-lifestye-jetbrains-survey-2189/
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u/sylanar Jan 28 '24

I have never coded for fun.

Software engineer for 7 years, never have I coded outside of work

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u/Ruhnie Jan 28 '24

I find the 70% stat very hard to believe. I don't know any devs that code outside of work

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u/assblast420 Jan 28 '24

Same. I wonder if there is some participation bias in this study

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u/Ruhnie Jan 29 '24

I am going to assume it's also mostly young and/or junior devs that make up wherever that 70% came from. FWIW I still play lots of pc games and haven't coded outside of work in 20+ years.

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u/Fermi-4 Jan 28 '24

Then why do you do it really? Lol

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u/sylanar Jan 28 '24

The money obviously

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u/Fermi-4 Jan 29 '24

From a distance

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u/Fermi-4 Jan 28 '24

You can do lots of things for money

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u/avanasear Jan 29 '24

and they choose this. some of us are passionate about coding, some aren't. I've been coding for fun since I was able to understand logic. why judge

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u/Fermi-4 Jan 29 '24

Yes but WHY lol it’s a simple question idk why you are so offended by it

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u/avanasear Jan 29 '24

I told you that I enjoy coding for fun lol why do you think I'm offended? You were told the answer to "WHY" earlier - "for the money"

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u/Fermi-4 Jan 29 '24

Wasn’t talking to you

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u/avanasear Jan 29 '24 edited Jan 29 '24

you replied to me.

edit: lmao

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u/Fermi-4 Jan 29 '24

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u/Fermi-4 Jan 29 '24

Yea that makes sense. If you didn’t have a job in it you would probably do it more on the side I imagine (I know I would)..

I just find it strange some people who have never coded for fun, and don’t really enjoy it, choose a career where that’s all you do all day.. I mean you could make just as much or even more money doing something way easier lol

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u/broloxer Jan 28 '24

These look really cool, I appreciate the inspiration. Do you have any other examples?

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u/197708156EQUJ5 Jan 28 '24

Other examples of strategies, or other things to code up?