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Thought the the same. For me it's not doing sideprojects to get a job but having a job to finance my sideprojects.
by realPubkey 9y ago
Thought the the same. For me it's not doing sideprojects to get a job but having a job to finance my sideprojects.
- racer-v 9y agoIn these cases, isn't it the dayjob that's the "side" project?
- realPubkey 9y agoActually it fells like this. In my job I also get the time to work a bit on the side-projects.
- ryandrake 9y agoMy guess is you're both gainfully employed :) Side projects are more and more being touted as a way to "stand out" from the enormous crowd of people trying to get tech jobs. A company choosing among 100 candidates, all things being equal, may bias towards the few with active interesting side projects. If you accept that, then starting some kind of side project would be worth it.
- zitterbewegung 9y agoSide projects got me jobs and when I do side projects sometime they are for fun and sometimes they aren’t . I think a better objective is to do fun / cool side projects and try to align them when you want to.
- lfowles 9y agoMy "side projects" have generally been learning exercises and almost exclusively for fun, but maybe that's an uncommon view. FTA: > Side note: learning a skill isn’t a side project, you have to ship something.
- k__ 9y agoI had the impression it was the other way around. A crowd of companies all searching for tech people.
- newfoundglory 9y agoYes, but they're all searching for "awesome" tech people, not just anyone.
- k__ 9y agomost of them don't have a choice, lol
- newfoundglory 9y agoMost of them couldn't tell the difference, so they pick some internet advice like "hire people with many side projects!", which is why job seekers are told to create side projects to improve their chances.