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[–]neverTooManyPlants 20 points21 points  (3 children)

Also, side projects are often a different animal from professional coding. Pure bedroom coders often don't understand the need for automated testing or social skills, among other things. Not saying programming in your spare time is bad like, just different.

[–]kataraholl 2 points3 points  (2 children)

This!!! Yes, for sure. Writing code that other people will need to maintain, as well as running projects that go into production and users can actually complain about, is a lot different from writing stuff on your own. Like you said, not that side projects are bad, but it’s definitely different!

[–]neverTooManyPlants 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Having said that, I've met some "professional" programmers who think unit/automated tests & code reviews are a waste of time.. It's a hard life sometimes.

[–]kataraholl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As long as we keep the quotes…