@gopiandcode @p @nerdman @lain @nosleep @sjw @rin @lanodan @Dave I think of it in the opposite way, like, if you've never programmed for fun, wtf are you choosing it as a profession for? I remember being shocked to learn that a ton of people in undergrad comp sci had never coded before. How do you even know you like this then?

Ideally kids should get exposed to it in elementary school. But then I knew a guy who did a whole other degree, came back and did a comp sci degree, and loved it. Never programmed before that.

I get that if you're working long hours coding full time you might mostly devote your free time to other things. But if you've never had joy in it, for fun, coding is not your calling.