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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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.