Yeah I end up learning new things a lot of the time, not something that work always gives me. Mean sometimes depends on the programming issue. As much as I love learning new programming stuff it's fun is also learn about other hobbies or random other things. For examples I've done calculus courses because I never understood it well, still there but I tried basic first year university again. Also blender for 3d art, not an artist but thought it'd be neat. It was. Even plain programming learning unity and new frameworks that I'd never use at work (Maui was one) to see how they were.

Then there's music, drone flying (way more fun with full control drones I am still figuring out the sims though) as other things. I want to keep busy but I definitely don't want to keep working at the code my work has me do, ugh visual basic for starters.

So he can go screw himself if that's how he thinks people want to spend their time vs what they could spend time on. Talk about privileged.