On: Programming Is Not Fun

[devmonk]

Have you done at least 10-15 years of it and are still a coder and not a manager?

[marssaxman → devmonk]

18 years, here: still coding, still loving it, no interest in becoming a manager.

[cagey → marssaxman]

Ditto @ 21 years! It's not work, it's a hobby I happen to get paid (well) to spend time doing (well). The field is sufficiently vast, with "new things" (that I can teach myself at 0 cost, not including time) "coming out" at an ever increasing rate that there isn't the slightest chance I'll run out of things to learn. Plus almost all of my "old knowledge" is still relevant.