I have hired people due to their side projects and they turned out to be solid. But most people don't. It requires looking at your code, vetting & talking ab

I have hired people due to their side projects and they turned out to be solid. But most people don't. It requires looking at your code, vetting & talking about it. My concerns are do you know how to work with a team? How about communication? Do you know how to partake in all the other activities outside of coding? Testing? Documentation? System Design? Do you know how to program in the large? Most people out there can brute force their way to a working project and even make tens of thousands of dollars but that doesn't mean they are a great developer.