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Re:I have no side code projects to show you by Too on Thursday October 26, 2017 @12:22AM (#15556325)
One difference is that many "programmers" actually don't do any programming at work. Their hands on experience is a 5 week java course in uni 10 years ago and after thay they have been stuck in meetings or writing brain numbing CRUD in a proprietary domain specific scripting language at $bigco ever since. The only way for many to get actual hands on is to do side projects.

Hair dressers don't have this problem, they are actually cutting hair 8 hours a day.

Carpenters have a more hands on education compared to compsci which is more maths than version control.

Doctors require 2 years of practice supervised by other doctors before they are certified.

Re:I have no side code projects to show you by seanmcdirmid on Thursday October 26, 2017 @12:58AM (#15556460)
There are a lot of more senior doctors in admin or specialty positions who aren't making rounds or doing surgery anymore, however.
Re:I have no side code projects to show you by nunez on Thursday October 26, 2017 @10:18AM (#15559008)
yeah but they did a lot of medical work before getting there though