vincagi

Does it matter? In software engineering you should be judged by the quantity and quality of the code, nothing in those metrics disqualifies double-dipping. If anything contracting on the side gives employees exposure to tech stacks and processes outside their normal day to day.

Clones are never a good thing, labeling them as okay just breeds complacency making the enterprise more enterprisey. It should be labeled what it is, a pile of tech debt. I'd almost list them as one of the greatest evils, because you need to maintain two separate systems dedicating engineering resources maintaining yet another system. The upfront cost of consolidating the systems will pay dividends in the future.

Understanding the level of effort to deprecate some of the clones you'll encounter it's reasonable to suggest that you're going to have to tolerate them but I would strive to look for opportunities to consolidate the clones.

As a hiring manager, I'd say not screwed. You'll have issues getting past that HR wall, but if you can show your talents in the interview you'll be fine. Fill up that Github and try reaching out to the hiring managers directly. Some managers prefer hiring people with less work experience, but they only see the resumes that come across their desk.