Ask HN: I’m falling out of love with coding
That doesn’t sound like you’re falling out of love with programming. It sounds like you’re frustrated with the red tape at work.<p>Try working on something fun on the side. Make a game, or a mobile app, or something you’ve always been curious about that doesn’t have anything to do with your job. You might be amazed by how productive you feel when you work on something ambitious that doesn’t involve all of the corporate machinery.<p>I’ve been getting a nice dose of that with game development. Sometimes I sit down on a Saturday with a big plan that should last me through the weekend, and I get it done before dinner that evening, and I feel like some kind of programming wizard. It’s been a great reminder that I <i>am</i> a talented programmer, but I’m just feeling burned out on all of the tedious process that’s involved when coding professionally.