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To add a datapoint, I also gamed a lot (18 and younger) but quit when I started my SWE career some 15 years ago. Have not had a desire to play since then.


I probably played mostly though never voraciously in my 20s--I was never really much of a console gamer and PCs didn't really exist earlier to any great degree. I sometimes still dabble--like I was into the Wii sports games for a while--but I basically grew out of it more than not. I think that's a pretty common pattern for a lot of people. What I do still play is mostly on mobile when I travel.




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