It is perfectly OK to only code at work, you can have a life too
<i>&gt;, it is perfectly OK to have a life outside of work. </i><p>Yes, <i>of course</i> it&#x27;s perfectly ok to have a life of not programming outside of work.<p>But these types of articles are always missing the point:  it&#x27;s not all about your inner feelings but <i>about the _others_ you don&#x27;t control who value passion programmers more than 9-to-5 programmers</i>.<p>If you truly want to be at peace with this blog&#x27;s advice, what you&#x27;re really saying is that you acknowledge that many companies, hiring managers, startups, etc value the nonstop hobbyist programmer <i>but don&#x27;t care</i>.<p>On the other hand, many 9-to-5 programmers who want to compartmentalize their coding to work hours <i>feel resentment and unfairness</i> that many in the business world <i>prefer</i> the passion programmers with side projects, github contributions, hackathon competitions, etc.  This blog post will do nothing to convince those hiring managers to treat the 9-to-5 programmer and the weekend programmer as <i>exactly equal</i>.  That&#x27;s unrealistic.