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Maybe I'm not just that good of a developer. The last time I did something in my spare time was college. Ever since I have not gone more then a few precious w
by bh42222 15y ago
Maybe I'm not just that good of a developer.
The last time I did something in my spare time was college.
Ever since I have not gone more then a few precious weeks without being employed as a software engineer full time.
And I had to fight for those weeks BETWEEN jobs!
Once I'm done with work, finding myself in front of a computer again, is the last thing I want to do.
I have lots of projects I plan to get to when I'm in between jobs for a while, you know like in a recession. Too bad in this recession I was hired before I had a chance to leave the parking lot of my previous employer.
So yes, I guess I'm just not that good of a developer.
- trustfundbaby 15y agoMaybe I'm not just that good of a developer. -------------------------- I should have realized that once you start subjectively talking about developer proficiency, people get defensive. Side projects, in my opinion, are an indicator of developer skill, passion and drive ... they are not the only indicator. Now if you and a guy come into my office looking for a gig and you all compare equally on paper and I like you both, but one guy hacked together a Hacker News firefox extension on the weekend because he wanted to play with the Mozilla addon api and you have nothing ... I'm picking the guy with the addon, and I don't think I need to apologize for that.
- bh42222 15y agoI don't hire anyone without a code sample. The difference between my crutch and your crutch is that mine makes no implication that you're not at good as someone who codes in their spare time.