I second this. I learn a lot at my 9-5, but I learn much more building small side projects where I have to do every piece of it myself, rather than just my part

I second this. I learn a lot at my 9-5, but I learn much more building small side projects where I have to do every piece of it myself, rather than just my part and off-put it onto the next team. Additionally, I've learned more than I can credit from simply reading open-source project code. You'd be surprised what weird little tricks you'll find in there.