It depends. My job and hobbies are closer to mechatronics than programming. I do like programming; I appreciate the feeling of cracking a hard problem or getting something to work for the first time, and I tend to prefer programming things myself when it makes sense.

But, I almost never do something "for the programming". Programming is just an ingredient to make the thing I actually want. This is why I use Solidworks and not OpenSCAD for most 3D modeling, for example. I've learned many things from it but I can't honestly say I'm in it for the programming.