# What interests do you have outside of coding?

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**Created:** [13 June 2020 01:33 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/what-interests-do-you-have-outside-of-coding/791 "2020-06-13T01:33:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![asgartech](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/asgartech/32/589_2.png) [@asgartech](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/asgartech)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2020 01:46 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/what-interests-do-you-have-outside-of-coding/791/2 "2020-06-13T01:46:41Z")

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Thanks, @AstonJ. I don’t really make a secret of it, but I don’t spend much effort on promotion either since my work is “out of print” and my publisher all but defunct. However, if you manage to find my website you’ll find that I provide free copies.

> what interests do you have outside of the dev arena?

This is a good question, but I’m going to be honest with you. Writing isn’t an interest I have “outside the dev arena”. It’s what I’d rather be doing; I became a developer because writers who aren’t outrageously lucky need either a day job or a rich and tolerant spouse.

Thus I suspect a good question to go with yours would be: how many developers are only in it for the money and would rather be doing something else?

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