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I definitely tend to spend all my waking hours in front of a computer coding. If I am going to do something other than coding I would prefer to allocate an entire day to it than bother with a coding session that isn't going to benefit from the flow state that comes from coding for 16 hours straight. (Maybe you just hate your job? I work for myself.)


You’ve been able to sustain this over how many years?


FWIW, I turn 40 next month, which is apparently "old" in this field. With the exception of a few months in grad school when I became so utterly demoralized by how all of the software we use on a daily basis is horrible and I quit computers entirely (even doing a "powerpoint presentation" using physical cellophane slides that I carefully drew to look like a stereotypical powerpoint presentation with markers) I have kept up my excitement to use and program computers until the whee hours of the morning for three decades.


It seems what you do is work, not "mindlessly surfing the internet". No need to worry, carry on.




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