• BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Am I a bad engineer if I’ve never even tried to build a single personal project on my own, like I only code when I’m paid for it, other than that it almost never comes to mind, unless I want to solve some small problem of mine occasionally, since getting laid off I keep thinking I’ll work on some projects using popular frameworks and languages to add to my github and maybe mention on my resume but I can’t bring myself to even start anything, I just want a boring 9 to 5 job, why did this industry turn into this passion nonsense, nobody asks a dentist or an accountant if they do their respective work as a hobby in their free time, they still get hired and paid for their jobs

  • RacerX@lemmy.zip
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    8 days ago

    Built an app and it accidentally got traction with a small but appreciative user base. Now they’re distracting me from leaving it half finished and moving on to the next thing.

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    7 days ago

    …I just want have a go at it to know if I can do it in practice in case I needed it one day…finishing up is left as an exercise to the reader…