It's great you're a passionate person, but this article's tone and implication is saying that's enough, and that projects shouldn't be viewed as a just ask. As

It's great you're a passionate person, but this article's tone and implication is saying that's enough, and that projects shouldn't be viewed as a just ask. As a career professional and founder of a career related company, I have some news for you: you clearly have the time and passion to create, but at nearly every chance when you have additional time, you're not putting it into programming. Yes, you've found a job. That's great, but you would be experiencing more pay and a more accelerated career if you were spending 1/5th your free time on coding as well. If you want to blow glass, or draw, or write -- fantastic. But it's not wrong for a company to give the job to someone else, and... BUILDING SIDE PROJECTS DOES NOT REQUIRE YOU TO BE IN THE TOP 1%. More often than not, side projects are just a requirement. You don't have to love code like it's your calling to create a side project. I recommend this to all software engineers: build side projects, and don't listen to this post as a calling to infer them as unjust. Statistically speaking, building side projects is one of the best things you can do for your career.