As someone who has moved in and out of full time SWE employment to work on side projects and explore new things, I can say this does not work for me. After doin

As someone who has moved in and out of full time SWE employment to work on side projects and explore new things, I can say this does not work for me. After doing this several times it is very clear that my day job was not the thing that prevented me from making progress on a side project. It was everything described in this post.