>What I would say is that there is a difference between hobby code where you get to do what you want and code where you didn't control requirements and had to d

>What I would say is that there is a difference between hobby code where you get to do what you want and code where you didn't control requirements and had to deliver to unreasonable people in unreasonable timeframes (aka commercial software development). Obviously it would depend on the projects but generally someone who has commercial experience would probably be viewed more favourably as it's more directly comparable to what I need you to do. Yeah, the difference is that hobby code means that you can take the time to do it right and "commercial contexts" (aka coding in a rush) means that you can't so you never learn how to do it properly.