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Are Side Projects THAT Important?

buphmin on December 12, 2018

So I have been trying to force myself to start a new side project recently and it has got me thinking how important it really is to have side proje...
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Itamar Turner-Trauring

If you're doing it for fun, great. But if you just want to learn new tech for career purposes, best place to do it is on the job: you have more resources, you have direct requirements, it's more realistic, and it's not eating in to your free time.

Longer version: codewithoutrules.com/2017/09/09/le...

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Suvansh Bansal • Edited

Same as you, I believe side projects help in learning and in staying on top.

However, I feel that starting something from the scratch does not help as it takes up a lot of time and energy. Rather yo should focus on what you already have and find a way to reach it to the relevant audience.

We did something similar with remote.tools. You can read more about our journey here - hackernoon.com/how-side-projects-c...

Let me know if you found it helpful.