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Interesting. I would say that the tools, concepts, techniques, solutions, etc that I learnt whilst working on my side projects improved the quality of my "work"
by Rabidgremlin 17y ago
Interesting. I would say that the tools, concepts, techniques, solutions, etc that I learnt whilst working on my side projects improved the quality of my "work" by orders of magnitude and have been invaluable to my career.
In fact with some teams I have worked with, if we interviewed a tech person who did not have any side projects we often viewed them with suspicion.
- aaronblohowiak 17y agoI have seen a similar pattern where learning new ancillary skills have increased the quality of my core competency. I think side-projects are a decent proxy for curiosity and industriousness, which I try very hard to evaluate when interviewing candidates. However, my line of questioning for this has to do with what complaints people have with their tools and what they have done to overcome them -- this shows a similar desire to have internally-motivated programming tasks and a desire for understanding more than simple project requirements.