As others have been saying, the &quot;prolific programmers&quot; have a passion to program that doesn&#x27;t get satisfied by coding from just 9 to 5. Personally I tend to have waves of intense programming around the clock followed by a cooling down period with either part of the cycle lasting days to weeks. Sorry for the shameless self plug but you should start small and try making a &quot;One Hour Side Project&quot; <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;kolodny.github.io&#x2F;blog&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2015&#x2F;03&#x2F;03&#x2F;the-one-hour-side-project&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;kolodny.github.io&#x2F;blog&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2015&#x2F;03&#x2F;03&#x2F;the-one-hour-s...</a>