[vineyardmike]

Plenty of people code for fun. Or choose to spend free time learning new things.

My job sometimes gets really boring and uninteresting. I can then scratch the itch by working on something for my own benefit and interest.

[brabel]

Yeah, I can't imagine only writing boring code at work and never getting to learn new, interesting things that could get me a role using those things that I actually enjoy using (now I am past that already, but I've done this all my career and would recommend unless you don't care at all about enjoying your job).