ASM programming is fun. Machine code (as in what ASM encodes to) isn't scary, but it is extremely tedious to work with. I recommend the first part of Casey Muratori's Performance Aware Programming course if you want to feel that pain.
I think you need to do it in production to retain the knowledge. If you just do it as a hobby, then most people just give up at certain point because there is no point to bang your head on the wall for nothing. You need to have a real problem to solve to go a long way.
I think you need to do it in production to retain the knowledge. If you just do it as a hobby, then most people just give up at certain point because there is no point to bang your head on the wall for nothing. You need to have a real problem to solve to go a long way.