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Re:Ask HN: How do you stay motivated to work on side projects? by yareally on Saturday December 27, 2014 @07:35PM (#8804604)
Why? The work you do in your spare time can directly (by reusing libraries you build) or indirectly (learning a new language, framework, etc) improve your performance at work.

Only reason you should ever feel guilty is if your side projects are meant to directly compete with the work you do at work. In that case, I would say it's a bit unethical.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you stay motivated to work on side projects? by rifung on Thursday January 01, 2015 @12:31AM (#8822262)
I assume it's because he/she is spending time doing the side projects, time which could instead be spent doing whatever he does for his job.

I feel like this is actually one of the things I really hate about being paid salary. I either feel guilty for not working enough or just hate not being able to spend time doing other things.

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