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by fy20 1479 days ago
> Been coding 60+ hours per week for the last 9 years, usually do programming on both weekends.

I did the same until I had kids. Now it's rare for me to even touch a computer at the weekend.

My side projects never took off, but they did help me to become the developer who I am today, so I don't consider them time wasted but at the same time I don't feel that I'm missing out now.