I have 7 years of experience, at this point software development is mostly a job. I have hobbies that have nothing to do with it.
I’m curious to see if this is the general trends, or if people are still fidgeting with side projects even after years in the industry.
I’ve got enough years in that it’s getting harder to remember exactly what year I started professionally, but somewhere a bit north of 25 years. I still spend some time on personal interest coding projects. I’m working with a friend on a Discord roleplaying bot that integrates with various AI providers. But we sort of hit proof of concept and it’s been a real slog to iterate and turn it into something worth sharing with others.
If I’m honest, my coding partner has been carrying it and I’ve mostly been in a “consulting” role. I also have a wife and five kids (two at home) and I rarely have time to myself to just sit down and code. I have a lot of house projects that are much more critical.