Good point about the layoffs, but, like startups, most side projects never go anywhere, why would you expect them to ? Last I checked, the average failure rate

Good point about the layoffs, but, like startups, most side projects never go anywhere, why would you expect them to ? Last I checked, the average failure rate of software projects was 90 % (which is a good thing, other kinds of projects, like bridges, can't afford to, and have to be "over"engineered).