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Re:8 Hard truths I learned when I got laid off from my SWE job by michaelt on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @12:22PM (#34163287)
I suspect what Anon means is: if you plan to tell people your side project was your job, you should start treating it as your job.

I play around with some side projects where I don’t give a shit about user counts or GitHub stars or commercial viability, doing perhaps 4 hours work per week. If I told people this was me at the height of my powers, I’d expect them to be unimpressed.

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Re:8 Hard truths I learned when I got laid off from my SWE job by anon50118810 on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @12:41PM (#34163516)
Yes, exactly, I'm saying that what will matter to future employers is how much you treat the project as a job, and not the project itself, no matter how interesting or challenging it is from the technical side.
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Re:8 Hard truths I learned when I got laid off from my SWE job by icedchai on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @02:16PM (#34164651)
It won't matter as much as you think. They'll probably spend 5 minutes discussing it, if that. If you have a demo or something to show for your time, that will be a plus.
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