I started my professional career in 2003, and switched jobs many times. Never have they asked about hobby projects or github code or whatever. Nobody in the pro

I started my professional career in 2003, and switched jobs many times. Never have they asked about hobby projects or github code or whatever. Nobody in the professional world cares about your hobby code. If you would say "I have experience with this framework from my hobby project", that translates into "no experience". Maybe it's different in US, but in Belgium, they require a degree and professional experience, nothing else. Do you know why? Because middle management and hr don't have such passion projects. They can't imagine doing the same (but different) work at home for fun. Nobody has ever cared according to my experience.