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I suppose I fall into the 'young, eager, and has free time' category, but I _hate_ this kind of mentality/requirements. I love to code, but I love to do a lot of other things too (big surprise!). Is it wrong for me to program professionally but use my free time for other pursuits? After working at the computer for 8+ hours straight going home and coding for the rest of the night is downright unappealing.

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Exactly.

I'd really love to contribute more to Open Source projects and/or put more stuff on Github, but that's not going to happen after 8+ hours of software development. I'm doing my share of bug reports and patches here and there, but I wouldn't take a role like maintainer/developer for a FLOSS project in my spare time. I admire those who are able and willing to do this, but it's not for me.

Do you have a Github ID to make patches?

Yes, I have a Github ID, but have mostly interacted with projects not hosted on Github. Yes, they still exist. :)

Yes, corporations are effectively "secret societies", so they need to evaluate you during the time you have a bit of freedom. They're causing their own problems, and expect it to be resolved by you giving up your free (as in freedom) time.

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