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Side projects are great. Not just for learning technology, but also for playing around with technology you already know. It can be fun to built something witho
by Insanity 7y ago
Side projects are great. Not just for learning technology, but also for playing around with technology you already know.
It can be fun to built something without the 'overhead' of Sprints, standups, team meetings, design documents,.. :)
- ThalesX 7y agoI love it how when a new situation comes up at work that I have encountered in my side projects, I can come up with some approaches, strengths and weaknesses pretty fast. It makes me look like I'm a lot more knowledgeable than I am.
- Insanity 7y agoWell but actually you are that knowledgeable - you just gained the knowledge through experience outside of work. But you're right, it happened to me a few times as well and people assume you "just know". :P
- gonzo41 7y agoYeah i totally agree with this, It's also great to reduce the complexity of what you're working on to get to the learning. I've been writing some java stuff that doesn't use magic annotations and guess what, java's got fun again.
- embit 7y agoCould not agree more. I kept playing with my side project of news aggregation [1] for almost three years and used only for my own consumption. Then few friends wanted to also use the site and then it just organically grew. And this project still is a side project although lot more people use it. [1] https://embit.ca https://embit.ca