Re:Only code at work? That doesn’t make you a worse programmer
by scarface74 on Sunday March 04, 2018 @08:05PM
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Well. That's true too. I got my first side project in 1994 because a college saw a HyperCard stack I posted on AOL.
I used that experience to get an internship in '95 and that led to a job with the same company after I graduated the next year.
But after trying to catch up because my "9 years of experience at one company" was really 3 years of experience and the other 6 years was just stuck doing the same thing I did the first 3 years, I vowed never to put myself in that situation again. If I see myself not keeping up technically at a company, it's time to either leave or study and do a side project.
I may never publish the side project and it may just end up being a proof of concept.
I used that experience to get an internship in '95 and that led to a job with the same company after I graduated the next year.
But after trying to catch up because my "9 years of experience at one company" was really 3 years of experience and the other 6 years was just stuck doing the same thing I did the first 3 years, I vowed never to put myself in that situation again. If I see myself not keeping up technically at a company, it's time to either leave or study and do a side project.
I may never publish the side project and it may just end up being a proof of concept.