Side projects is the best favor you can do to yourself IMHO. The benefits are lots: 0. You exercise your passion 1. You improve your coding skill 2. You lear

Side projects is the best favor you can do to yourself IMHO. The benefits are lots: 0. You exercise your passion 1. You improve your coding skill 2. You learn new stuff 3. You build a portfolio 4. You network (if you decide to do your side-project in a group) 5. There is a slight chance that your project will succeed. I personally started spending all my free time in side projects about a year ago, and it was the best decision ever.