You could speak to me personally if you want real answers to these questions. I've made all of the app examples in this post and taught thousands of others to do the same.
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Sorry if I came off as an ass, don't get me wrong; as I said they're all great project ideas, and I appreciate you taking the time to suggest them.
My problem is more with the unrealistic expectation our industry has on developers to dedicate huge quantities of (non-work) hours to work on personal projects, something we really don't see to such an extent in other industries.
Personally, I feel like articles like this, implying that developers NEED to spend upwards of 15 months (assuming 3 months more or less for each of these projects) of free time working on a set of large scale applications only further accentuates this trend.
Case in point:
How do you bridge the gap between knowing the fundamentals of React and becoming a professional developer?
I wouldn't expect my senior dev's to have a portfolio of side projects this substantial - let alone someone who's only trying to bridge the gap to becoming a professional developer.
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You could speak to me personally if you want real answers to these questions. I've made all of the app examples in this post and taught thousands of others to do the same.
Sorry if I came off as an ass, don't get me wrong; as I said they're all great project ideas, and I appreciate you taking the time to suggest them.
My problem is more with the unrealistic expectation our industry has on developers to dedicate huge quantities of (non-work) hours to work on personal projects, something we really don't see to such an extent in other industries.
Personally, I feel like articles like this, implying that developers NEED to spend upwards of 15 months (assuming 3 months more or less for each of these projects) of free time working on a set of large scale applications only further accentuates this trend.
Case in point:
How do you bridge the gap between knowing the fundamentals of React and becoming a professional developer?I wouldn't expect my senior dev's to have a portfolio of side projects this substantial - let alone someone who's only trying to bridge the gap to becoming a professional developer.