It’s true that coding is demanding and companies often look for developers who aren’t concerned about their own work/life balance. However, a lot of us do love the intense ‘go into a cave and come out in a few days with something’ way of working, so that’s not necessarily a deterrent. I think another reason we see…

I was 12 in 1986 when the prettiest girl in my neighborhood got an NES bundled with Super Mario Bros. for Christmas. She showed it to me and my brother and then pretty much instantly regretted it because from then on we would hound her constantly to let us come over and play it. Somehow her family thought it would be…