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Personally I find it insane to go home and work on a side project after work, if it's not something you hope to make money from.

chriswarbo 13y ago
If a side-project did make any money, what would you spend it on? Perhaps you'd spend some on entertainment, or to further your education, or to finally fix those minor annoyances that you come across day to day. Maybe you'd invest some in a project that you think has great potential to change the world? Pro tip: many people work on side-projects for exactly those reasons. They just cut out the middle man (money).
- AznHisoka 13y ago
  Valid point. I guess I'm greedy and could never derive enough enjoyment from a side project, given the energy involved to justify the time investment. I need the million dollar payoff so I can enjoy hacking on whatever I want 40 hours a week.
- ptr 13y ago
  Not to forget those that are hoping to create some extra money (and/or passive income) to put off the next consulting gig for a while.
greggman 13y ago
What? Did I miss some context here? Was this meant as sarcasm or were you serious? If you don't want to do it fine but calling it insane seems a little overboard. People have hobbies. They do them outside of work. Some one might work on websites at work but have a hobby of making 3d graphics programs at home, or arduino projects, or games, or whatever. Sure if you don't personally find it fun then don't do it but I guess I read into your message you couldn't see how people could do side projects at home. How are those any different than any other hobbies? My grandfather was chief of maintenance at some factory meaning he worked with tools all day long fixing machines. He'd then come home and use more tools to make things. It doesn't seem that out of the ordinary.
badman_ting 13y ago
Thank you for saying that, seriously.
- pekk 13y ago
  It's not insane to do something you want to do.
auvrw 13y ago
most of my side projects are for personal use with the goal of reducing the total amount of my life i spend sedentary at a screen. if time is money, then i guess that's something i hope to make money from, but... well, i guess there are just lots of different perspectives on at least a few different topics here.

chriswarbo 13y ago

If a side-project did make any money, what would you spend it on? Perhaps you'd spend some on entertainment, or to further your education, or to finally fix those minor annoyances that you come across day to day. Maybe you'd invest some in a project that you think has great potential to change the world? Pro tip: many people work on side-projects for exactly those reasons. They just cut out the middle man (money).

AznHisoka 13y ago
Valid point. I guess I'm greedy and could never derive enough enjoyment from a side project, given the energy involved to justify the time investment. I need the million dollar payoff so I can enjoy hacking on whatever I want 40 hours a week.
ptr 13y ago
Not to forget those that are hoping to create some extra money (and/or passive income) to put off the next consulting gig for a while.

greggman 13y ago

What? Did I miss some context here? Was this meant as sarcasm or were you serious? If you don't want to do it fine but calling it insane seems a little overboard. People have hobbies. They do them outside of work. Some one might work on websites at work but have a hobby of making 3d graphics programs at home, or arduino projects, or games, or whatever. Sure if you don't personally find it fun then don't do it but I guess I read into your message you couldn't see how people could do side projects at home. How are those any different than any other hobbies? My grandfather was chief of maintenance at some factory meaning he worked with tools all day long fixing machines. He'd then come home and use more tools to make things. It doesn't seem that out of the ordinary.

badman_ting 13y ago

Thank you for saying that, seriously.

pekk 13y ago
It's not insane to do something you want to do.

auvrw 13y ago

most of my side projects are for personal use with the goal of reducing the total amount of my life i spend sedentary at a screen. if time is money, then i guess that's something i hope to make money from, but... well, i guess there are just lots of different perspectives on at least a few different topics here.