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In my spare time, I don't code, because I do code for a living 8+ hrs a day, and in addition to that I have a life.

When I am not working, I DO code for fun, because I enjoy coding.

A better question might be, have you ever done what you do for pay, for free just because you think it's fun.



Absolutely. Once, at an interview with an un-named, extremely large tech company, the recruiter asked me if I had a "passion for technology", so I decided to have a little fun:

"I'm not sure what that means."

"Oh...you know...passion. When you look around the campus on any given night, you see lots of lights on. That's passion."

"Actually, I think that's called 'overtime'."

I didn't get that job. Guess I wasn't 'passionate' enough.




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