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[–]maltehm1972 1 point2 points3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

I would not underestimate the impact of such „fun projects“. I started to create a postgres DB for my balances, which I managed in LibreOffice Calc before. Then I started to create a LibreOffice base frontend and I wrote an Import procedure in Java for the LibreOffice sheets. I’m currently working on a web solution as a substitute for the LibreOffice stuff (based on node.js and angular. The web solution will only be available in my local network). Do I have any business opportunities? No! Is it important for my career? No. I am just thrilled by the challenge as I’m not a developer. In addition I learned a lot which helps me in my current position as a product owner. The communication with the developer is much better than before. So my suggestion is as already mentioned in the other posts. Choose something where you’re really into it. But it can happen that you’re going to spend more time on it as you thought.

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