Thank you both for the clarifications! I see your point and I agree that side projects could help increasing your skills and/or knowledge. However, I'm not sur

Thank you both for the clarifications! I see your point and I agree that side projects could help increasing your skills and/or knowledge. However, I'm not sure they're an effective way of doing that or if we [tend to use mostly the skills we have / tend to learn skills that are so different than our daily jobs that can't be applied or aren't useful for professional development]