If you didn't get paid for it, would you still write code? [modified]

peterchen

[edit] ... assuming you have another source of income, enough to get along.[/edit] Quick poll. 5 for "yes" or "I don't get paid to begin with", 1 for "no", ---------------------------------- Me: definitely.

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CPallini · modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM

Yes, on the footpath though. :)

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Sandeep Mewara · modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM

Yes for now... as long as i have other source of income! :)

Christian Graus · modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM

I don't think so. If I could get to a point of being self sustaining, I would write code if it was for something worthwhile, like working on a website for a charity like World Vision. I would not do it for fun tho, I'd rather play guitar and work in the garden or kitchen.

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Dave Parker · modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM

Yes but only for about 5 hours or so a week, whenever I'm in the mood and had time.

Dalek Dave · modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM

Yes, but only for fun and as a study excercise.

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NormDroid · modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM

No, it's a career and I have mouths to feed.

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HimanshuJoshi · modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM

peterchen wrote:

5 for "yes" or "I don't get paid to begin with", 1 for "no",

Yes

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Simon P Stevens · modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM

Yes, I do. I get paid to write code at work. Then I go home, and I write code that I don't get paid for. Not the same stuff - work projects aren't interesting enough, at home I try out new things, or languages, and have occasional projects that I never finish. Often what I do at home leads into future work projects. I first started playing with WPF at home because I thought it was cool, then a project came along that was suited to what I'd learnt at home. If I wasn't a professional developer, I would still continue the home coding, but maybe I'd finished those projects once in a while.

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leppie · modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM

I will, but not for the person paying me ;P

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Rajesh R Subramanian · modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM

If personal projects count, then yes.

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Simon_Whale · modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM

Yes But like the others have I try things out at home and i dont mind doing favours so that i can learn new things as long as they dont expect it like i was working full time for them

Keith Barrow · modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM

Of course.

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super · modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM

No, In free time I would indulge in other hobbies like photography or gardening

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realJSOP · modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM

yes.

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J Dunlap · modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM

I'd probably spend most of my time doing whatever else was my main occupation, but I'd definitely still program, as a hobby in its own right, but also to support my other hobbies - for example I've been known to write scripts to run on my Canon camera.

R Giskard Reventlov · modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM

It's what I did before someone really, really stupid offered to pay me money to do it so, yes, I'd do it for fun. Who wouldn't?

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4277480 · modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM

Yes more projects to add on resume.

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Rage · modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM

No. Kids have priority.