Yep, fully agree. I'm considering writing a small library that I've always needed at every job I've had (and always had to half-ass implement part of its funct

Yep, fully agree. I'm considering writing a small library that I've always needed at every job I've had (and always had to half-ass implement part of its functionality due to time/budget constraints). To have it slowly cooked, pristine, fully tested, reliable and a pleasure to use for people. Because that's what I wanted at those times in those jobs. Not only I would love working on it, but would also help with an aggressive "if you like it, good, if not, good luck with your coding tests" approach to being hired. Disclaimer: I do poorly in tests. But if I was required to have that, I wouldn't ever had a job until now, simple as that.