I've been writing code for 16 years, which is now over half of my life.
I've been a full time software engineer (now lead) for the last 9 years. I've been in similar situations to this article where most of my time was spent in useless meetings that I disliked, I tried to improve things, to focus meetings, to improve our efficiency.
And all that aside I still love coding. Granted not all types of code, not the one I have to write sometimes at work.
Just now I'm starting another little fun side project that I've been coding on my free time these last few weeks.
All this is to say that coding is just a little tool, what you build with the tool is what can be fun. I think it can be healthy to write code that does fun things from time to time, even if the code you write at work is for the most boring aim.
I've been a full time software engineer (now lead) for the last 9 years. I've been in similar situations to this article where most of my time was spent in useless meetings that I disliked, I tried to improve things, to focus meetings, to improve our efficiency.
And all that aside I still love coding. Granted not all types of code, not the one I have to write sometimes at work.
Just now I'm starting another little fun side project that I've been coding on my free time these last few weeks.
All this is to say that coding is just a little tool, what you build with the tool is what can be fun. I think it can be healthy to write code that does fun things from time to time, even if the code you write at work is for the most boring aim.