[atinoda-kestrel]

Great response!

There's also the lovely condescension that I can't help but sense when someone tells me why writing code every day shouldn't be as fulfilling as it is. That's a big part of how some people get a sense of fulfillment, myself included. I suck at drawing and painting, and programming is my main creative outlet. Implying (or sometimes stating!) that I should be spending less of my time coding so as to spend more time doing something that they find more fulfilling is... rude at best.

[davelnewton]

Nobody said anything even remotely rude, let alone "rude at best". Nobody said you don't find coding fulfilling, and nobody said you should do something they find fulfilling. Nobody said coding isn't creative, either.

I think if all one does is code then the vast possibilities life offers is being ignored.

[atinoda-kestrel]

I wasn't responding to the parent poster directly, but rather addressing some comments I've heard in meatspace. Sorry I didn't make that clear!

[davelnewton]

My bad.

I'll grant you that a lot of people (a) assume coding isn't a creative act, and (b) assume that what they enjoy everyone will enjoy.