I love programming, and have a fantastic job that allows me to indulge in that. I am still often finding myself tinkering on some problems on the side. The last interest I picked up is Erlang. It’s certainly true that learning a functional language expands your programming horizons, allowing you to approach problems from a very different angle and often being able to find a much more efficient and more succinct solution.
If you have an interesting project you’re working and would like an additional pair of eyes on it, reach out.