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by brianmcc 4684 days ago
Can't believe we're still discussing this.

Are there great developers who just code 9 - 5? Yes. Are there great developers who code in their own time? Yes. Are there terrible developers who just code 9 - 5? Yes. Are there terrible developers who code in their own time? Yes.

Doing stuff in one's own time - or not - isn't any substantive determinant and we shouldn't try to make it so.