My side-project, http://isitnormal.com http://isitnormal.com, was one of the reasons that I got a fantastic job as an early member of the Yahoo! Answers team.

My side-project, http://isitnormal.com http://isitnormal.com, was one of the reasons that I got a fantastic job as an early member of the Yahoo! Answers team. Is It Normal certainly passes the "sketchy" test, and it was even much more sketchy back in the day, but it happened to be relevant experience. In fact, at my first interview, my interviewer took one look at my resume and proceeded to cross out my education and previous work history, leaving behind 2 lonely links at the bottom "projects" section. She circled those links, said, "tell me about these." Any good employer, especially at a startup, will respect the fact that you took initiative and created something out of nothing. They'll value the creativity and cunning that it shows that you have. If you're proud of your work, you shouldn't hide it.