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Again, I believe there is an enormous difference between what you're citing as spare-time activities versus what a 'project' entails. Your dad seems to be enga

Again, I believe there is an enormous difference between what you're citing as spare-time activities versus what a 'project' entails. Your dad seems to be engaging in activities which are relevant to his interest in aerospace, without actually involving what he does as 'work' each day. As I mentioned elsewhere, this is more on par with browsing /r/programming, skimming a book on a new programming language, or meeting with other tech-minded folks. In my opinion, this is very different from completing a software project.

jamii 16y ago
> I believe there is an enormous difference between what you're citing as spare-time activities versus what a 'project' entails. Sometimes I have clients with interesting projects but 90% of the time my day job is stirring enterprise soup. I fix bugs, write documentation and make responsible engineering decisions. My side projects have no tests, no documentation and no comments. I write fun stuff like chat bots that mess with 419 scammers or p2p chat protocols. I get to enjoy all the fun parts of programming without the real-world constraints and responsibilities.