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Thanks. What also surprises me is that coworkers have little desire to start side-projects or startups. But that's probably because those who do have left alrea

Thanks. What also surprises me is that coworkers have little desire to start side-projects or startups. But that's probably because those who do have left already. By the way, I was developing for Android since its early days (before the first Android phone was released) and mostly switched to iOS development few years ago. I have to say that the Android SDK (and the UI/UX too) was underwhelming, although it started to get better at some point. It felt like the developers were not top talent and / or were under pressure to ship functionality quickly without having the time to step back and think hard about design and simplicity. The most notable example of this is the activity / fragment lifecycle (also known as the "lolcycle").

meowtimemania 3y ago
Why are you surprised by people that don’t work on side projects?
- RivieraKid 3y ago
  That's not what I said. I don't currently work on any side project. But I have a desire to and I like to think about and discuss project ideas. I assumed everyone is like this.
  - refulgentis 3y ago
    It's really oddly no. I know what you mean and its hard to word. But yeah there's not a "fundamental interest" like you'd expect. All the stuff seems "obvious" in retrospect, like...oh...a lot of you went to MIT and did Computer Science because that's what people do but...you went to college to get a degree to get a job, you didn't necessarily become absorbed in it. But then again most other tech jobs I've been in had that quality 100%. Life is weird. (I'm a dropout from a state school with a 2.8 GPA, and I honestly don't know if I've ever felt more 'alien' anywhere other than Google.)