What’s your most controversial programming opinion?

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Programmers who don’t code in their spare time for fun will never become as good as those that do.

I think even the smartest and most talented people will never become truly good programmers unless they treat it as more than a job. Meaning that they do little projects on the side, or just mess with lots of different languages and ideas in their spare time.

(Note: I’m not saying good programmers do nothing else than programming, but they do more than program from 9 to 5)

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