[tomrod]

I have children, a SO that helps me see when I'm being taken advantage of, and I love to code. It augments my career (data scientist/economist), gives me interesting problems to solve related or unrelated to my work field, lets me build a personal brand should I want via github, and opens my eyes to more possibilities in the world.

Were it my job to build code, I would probably focus on the other aspects of my current role (statistics, ML, forecasting, etc.).

Keeps the ax sharp, fun to do, and leads to great friendships and networks.

I guess I could spend _all_ my time outside of family and work doing something like strategy board gaming, which I find enormously fun, but I guess I see such things are more like spice in life.