[codeTired]

I wish every dev would try projects and things completely unrelated to computers.

I enjoy being outside.

These headlines “projects every dev should try” really annoy me. I try to put in enough effort at work, and that’s tough. But I have been messing with computers for over 20 years now.

[johnnyanmac]

We're on Hacker News. Do you go to a fitness community and say "I wish every gym bro would put down a dumbell and pick up a book?"

But if you're curious, I hike, am learning Japanese, and want to eventually clean up and pick back up my saxophone once I can get the money to get it fixed. Tech is a big but not the only part of my life.

[photonbeam]

I think it’s important that those who want a 9-5-only are able to get it, and those who want to make it their calling in life are also able to have that

[Underphil]

I don't really understand how this comment relates to anyone but you.

Nerding on a computer and doing outdoor things are not mutually exclusive. They may be for you, but that's... well... you.

[ohdannyboy]

A strange sentiment for someone who's wasting time heckling articles on HN.

Of course nobody said don't go outside or pursue non tech interests.

[oakejp12]

I just do both.

[abhinavstarts]

Can you please elaborate what do you mean by " completely unrelated to computers" ?

[soniczentropy]

Woodworking, blacksmithing, gardening, etc

Things that don't take computers to create

[brcmthrowaway]

*makig music

[csdvrx]

> I enjoy being outside.

I don't. It's cold outside!

[codeTired]

Caribbean is nice this time of year.

[exe34]

You could always pull a Wolfram [1].

[1] https://content.wolfram.com/sites/43/2019/02/07-popcorn-rig1...

[brcmthrowaway]

Agreed. This site selects for people who have made computers their entire life. Consider this an unsolicited reminder to touch grass.

[johnnyanmac]

>This site selects for people who have made computers their entire life

isn't it the other way around? The site allows anyone to post on nearly any topic, but the longest standing audience veers tech. there still is quite a few topics on medicine, transportation, economics, and politics as well.

[wiseowise]

> Consider this an unsolicited reminder to touch grass.

Do you find yourself personally attacked by someone doing something that you don’t enjoy? Or is the notion of them having fun AND improving their direct skill?