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Been coding for decades: burned out several times. I always return later after other jobs
I think the most job satisfaction I ever had was demolishing a house, another good thing for me was delivering pizzas.
So, did you quit your job as a developer and delivered pizzas for a while?
Yes, although I still worked on my own projects.
I have drifted from professional to other for many years.
Now that I have coded for two generations now, I often think I should have chosen some main occupation that was not a sit down job.
But it is what it is, and I will probably program more than anything else for the rest of my working life