&gt; No doctors or lawyers or accountants or civil engineers or pastry chefs find work by posting on Reddit.<p>Is it good (for lawyers, accountants, etc.) or bad in your opinion?<p>It&#x27;s true that the widespread expectation that a programmer will be programming (or doing related things) in his spare time is slightly unusual compared to other professions. Personally, however, I find that expectation natural and I would do it - write code in my spare time - anyway.