Yeah side projects shouldn't be a thing that you do to find a job unless that's all the experience you have. For example, if you're a junior new developer. Side

Yeah side projects shouldn't be a thing that you do to find a job unless that's all the experience you have. For example, if you're a junior new developer. Side projects are valuable though in that they keep you happy. You are in complete control and you arent tied down by deadlines or random whims of a senior manager five lev ls above you. As a person trying to break into the software world to get a software developer job, I feel like side projects are the only thing I can show.