[newsgremlin]

People are allowed to do whatever they want. Any claims of lack of passion or work ethic are opinions and anecdotes of individual experiences.

There is limited time in a day and in life, you can't spend hours on multiple hobbies and interests without compromise and without eventual burnout within ones capabilities.

Feel like this kind of do's and don'ts of when to spend time and how much time to spend coding is a recurring topic that should be put to bed in the developer world. Those who want to shine above the rest will always and should pursue that goal, those falling below that bar is perfectly fine, it's all about personal wants and needs at the end of the day.