Does employment in a CS career mean that you must be prescriptive in every aspect of your life? The 10,000 hours is a rough guide to a general consensus of spo

Does employment in a CS career mean that you must be prescriptive in every aspect of your life? The 10,000 hours is a rough guide to a general consensus of sporting and professional pursuits. It is not appplicable to all people in all walks of life. Sometimes I fear for the sanity of coders; how do you people function without technical specifications telling you what to do??