Beginning to lose interest to code for fun
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I am now 25 Ive graduated from university in informatics engineering, Now i am coding and getting paid for that over a year and a half. But now I don't spend endless hours coding games and other stuff just because i like it, and it is not because i don't have time is because I lost interest. I wonder if that is what real life does to you.
GL_Terminator wrote:
I wonder if that is what real life does to you.
It comes and goes. After I write something in my spare time I usually need a month or 2 off from that before I can tackle another. I think as you get older you just start to notice the trade offs more. So for example if I spend 200 hours writing some mobile app/game. My rewards for this are nerd pride and maybe a few hundred bucks in sales. Are pride and a few hundred bucks worth 200 hours of work? How much fun or new experiences could I have had instead with my 200 hours?
Kill some time, play my game Hop Cheops[^]
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I am now 25 Ive graduated from university in informatics engineering, Now i am coding and getting paid for that over a year and a half. But now I don't spend endless hours coding games and other stuff just because i like it, and it is not because i don't have time is because I lost interest. I wonder if that is what real life does to you.
As in my 'bio': When I was a chemist I coded for fun. Now I do for money what I used to do for pleasure - just like a hooker. Actually, I've been given a lot of duties to take/process/otherwise-abuse photos, so much so that, of late, I've actually been looking forward to coding. Hope springs eternal . . . If not, try a single malt with a straw.
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I am now 25 Ive graduated from university in informatics engineering, Now i am coding and getting paid for that over a year and a half. But now I don't spend endless hours coding games and other stuff just because i like it, and it is not because i don't have time is because I lost interest. I wonder if that is what real life does to you.
I have the same problem, after using a computer in the day for work purposes I don't want to do it again after work, although I do use computer based timewasters (forums and games). I have various coding projects and some writing (including some nascent CP articles) and I never have the motivation to actually do that any more.
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GL_Terminator wrote:
I wonder if that is what real life does to you.
Yes.
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson My comedy.
I concur! Having children does not help either! :)
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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I concur! Having children does not help either! :)
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
LOL!!!!
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I concur! Having children does not help either! :)
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
That's definitely true!
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I am now 25 Ive graduated from university in informatics engineering, Now i am coding and getting paid for that over a year and a half. But now I don't spend endless hours coding games and other stuff just because i like it, and it is not because i don't have time is because I lost interest. I wonder if that is what real life does to you.
I still do programming for fun and there is a very simple reason: I cannot develop the things I would like to in my job. They just don't pay me for all my interests. Of course I have chosen a job which challenges me, I really like it. And I choose this job because wanted to create 3d worlds and make them visible. But here I have to accept compromises with my colleagues, I cannot find out how to do things better, I just have to make them run. I am developing a different way of programming - at home. This is very existing and keeps me busy for 10 years now. It's fun. And it's hard to find time for that. I also have a website about programming containing a wiki with tutorials and a bulletin board for a small community. So I stay in contact with younger developers who are inspiring me. They code for fun which also spreads to me. I am developing a content mangement system for that in C++ and also a search engine crawling my cms and also the web for me. That's quite exiting. I started to develop software at 1986. I once started to write a game. A graphical adventure like Maniac Manson. The music plays, the character moves accross several rooms. We were close to create a graphic adventure. That was the moment it becomes boring. It was no challenge anymore. Do you still have a challenge?
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I have a project ive been meaning to write for about 5 years now but can never find the motivation after coding all day occasionally i'll find myself doing paperwork/testing/admin stuff in the office for a stint and will do a bit of it to handle the coding withdrawl, other times i might do some if im between contracts and, again, havent coded for a while inevitably it never quite gets finished and then random events such as exploding hard drives cause me to start again it'll get done one day, maybe when i retire lol
Pedis ex oris Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur
Random events like exploding hard drives are a productivity killer! We have Raid 10, and a Norton ghost to a separate disk of the main OS disk daily. At home I can't be bothered with all that so just use http://www.lushbackup.com , works just as good, except uploading my Norton images :)
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I concur! Having children does not help either! :)
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
I have a 5month old child, I will concur whole heartedly. So if your 25 now, that gives you between 5 and 10 years to get that home project finished. Once the kids arrive, wow, where did my time go... but I just don't mind at all.
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I am now 25 Ive graduated from university in informatics engineering, Now i am coding and getting paid for that over a year and a half. But now I don't spend endless hours coding games and other stuff just because i like it, and it is not because i don't have time is because I lost interest. I wonder if that is what real life does to you.
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I am now 25 Ive graduated from university in informatics engineering, Now i am coding and getting paid for that over a year and a half. But now I don't spend endless hours coding games and other stuff just because i like it, and it is not because i don't have time is because I lost interest. I wonder if that is what real life does to you.
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I am now 25 Ive graduated from university in informatics engineering, Now i am coding and getting paid for that over a year and a half. But now I don't spend endless hours coding games and other stuff just because i like it, and it is not because i don't have time is because I lost interest. I wonder if that is what real life does to you.
Then look for something else to do. Believe me, if coding were your true vocation you wouldn'd mind doing it every day of the year :) Look for that someting that you can do every day and that won't tire you.
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I am now 25 Ive graduated from university in informatics engineering, Now i am coding and getting paid for that over a year and a half. But now I don't spend endless hours coding games and other stuff just because i like it, and it is not because i don't have time is because I lost interest. I wonder if that is what real life does to you.
I want to code when I get home, but this thing called "family" gets in the way. I do manage some time on some evenings and weekends. Spousal-unit has part time, erratic hours, job now. Gives me more time unless she thinks I should be doing maintenance on the house while she is gone.
Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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I am now 25 Ive graduated from university in informatics engineering, Now i am coding and getting paid for that over a year and a half. But now I don't spend endless hours coding games and other stuff just because i like it, and it is not because i don't have time is because I lost interest. I wonder if that is what real life does to you.
I've been coding for 30+ years now and I still enjoy it. Certainly at times it can get tedious but probably most of the tedium comes from dealing with office politics rather than the coding itself. I try to always find time to write something I find interesting. It's the mobile apps of late but really there is so much cool stuff out there it's hard to be really bored. Try getting a micro-processor (parallax basic stamp or netuindo). It's a lot of fun writing code that has real world interactions like turning managing lighting, security alarms, unlocking doors, etc., ... Plus, you'll learn a lot about how your code interacts with the hardware.
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I am now 25 Ive graduated from university in informatics engineering, Now i am coding and getting paid for that over a year and a half. But now I don't spend endless hours coding games and other stuff just because i like it, and it is not because i don't have time is because I lost interest. I wonder if that is what real life does to you.
I have been writing code for the same small company for 13 years. For the most part, it has lost the excitement it used to bring. Through the first few years, there was so much to learn, so much to build! Every day was full of challenges! It was not uncommon through that period to find me writing code until 1 or 2 in the morning...of course, I was single then, so not much else to do anyway...but the truth is, I had a real fire back then...not just for writing code, but for all things computer related. I used to spend hours at a time playing Myst and Riven. I haven't played a computer game in months now. I really need to learn some other programming languages, but after being on the computer all day for the job, I just can't get motivated to get started with something new. Getting married, or having any serious relationship tends to change the priorities.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Yes, though it took me until 40ish.
ditto^2
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I am now 25 Ive graduated from university in informatics engineering, Now i am coding and getting paid for that over a year and a half. But now I don't spend endless hours coding games and other stuff just because i like it, and it is not because i don't have time is because I lost interest. I wonder if that is what real life does to you.
GL_Terminator wrote:
I wonder if that is what real life does to you
Yes. And it gets worse once you have a wife, mortgage, yard work, house maintenance, car maintenance, kids, a physique to maintain, and any other interest that gives your brain a break from work-like stresses like writing code. I'm in total awe of those who can manage all that and still have time/want to do personal coding on anything significant.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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I am now 25 Ive graduated from university in informatics engineering, Now i am coding and getting paid for that over a year and a half. But now I don't spend endless hours coding games and other stuff just because i like it, and it is not because i don't have time is because I lost interest. I wonder if that is what real life does to you.
For the most part coding isn't my actual job but it has been something that helps in digging out data from reports. Until recently I had time and inclination to work on a game program. However, since I've finally worked out how to run the API on our email system I've been gung-ho on writing some extreme programs in that area. The game program has lain fallow for the last two months. Some of the switch in interest has been due to the slowness of progress in the game program due to runaway featuritis. I still want to finish the game but the longer it takes to get back to it the longer it will take me to reacquaint myself with how I was approaching some of the coding.
I'm not a programmer but I play one at the office
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I am now 25 Ive graduated from university in informatics engineering, Now i am coding and getting paid for that over a year and a half. But now I don't spend endless hours coding games and other stuff just because i like it, and it is not because i don't have time is because I lost interest. I wonder if that is what real life does to you.
Congratulations, you're a grownup. College was easy wasn't it? You thought it was hard then, but now you're working 40-50 hours a week you remember it fondly as a part of your life where you had a lot of free time and not too many responsibilities. Hard to stay up to 3 AM coding when you gotta face the freeway and be in the office by 8 (or 10 or whatever). As others have noted, getting married will reduce your free time further. Dang ol' spouse will want you to spend time with them, instead of coding. Kids'll be even worse. They look so sad when you say, "Go away, I'm coding." Don't fret. There's still some time to code, if you want to. You'll get tired of network TV and Youtube videos pretty soon, and have that time back. You may find that other interests take over; in my opinion, parenting is the ultimate programming experience. You'll never work with a more powerful computer than your baby. The world is full of interesting stuff, and now you have money to go do and see it. Coding is fun when it's all you've got. Life is more fun, when you can get it.
