Comment by brudgers

If you want to program, program.

Your day job is just a day job.

And thus orthogonal to programming.

Vonnegut sold Saabs.

Jamie Vardie laid bricks.

Gene Simmons typed in an office.

And they were just about the luckiest ones.

At best, your day job fills some of your creative needs.

Even then, it is still a day job.

Good luck.