4 ms·

Why Developers Are Building So Many Side Projects

• wdb 4y ago
  Burned too much time on side (tech) projects during the Pandemic. Now I am slowly trying to return to doing hobbies, painting :) I have decided that it's better to have hobbies that aren't related to your day-to-day job
• norwalkbear 4y ago
  It's a cutthroat field with the top 20% making an order of magnitude more money. Start a side business or a side project as practice or get publicity
• tr1ll10nb1ll 4y ago
  Cause it’s fun? And as a byproduct of that, you might even earn some money on the side. It’s a win-win.
• senttoschool 4y ago
  Here are my reasons: - Solve a problem for myself - Learn new tech stack that I don't get to at work with hope that it might increase my salary one day - Make some side income - Chance of it becoming a real business
  • tomkarho 4y ago
    This but also, I want to turn the second one around a little: - Learn new tech stack that I don't get to at work with hope that it might keep me employable in case I am laid off
• mandeepj 4y ago
  Because they are "developers"....they like to develop things!
• ChrisRR 4y ago
  Why anyone with a hobby does their hobby