Dude, my resume is almost all Gap, and it hasn't ever hurt me. You get hired based on what you can do and how you come across in an interview. Taking time off

Dude, my resume is almost all Gap, and it hasn't ever hurt me. You get hired based on what you can do and how you come across in an interview. Taking time off to travel and code will improve both those things. What happened in that 6 month gap? I built and launched [whatever].com. It's a ... built on ..., and it's cool because of .... Oh, and funny story, while I was building it on the beach in Mozambique, I actually had... [followed by some amazing anecdote about the local village chief coming in give me feedback even though he'd never used a computer] Trust me, it's a net positive.