On: Lessons from a year’s worth of hiring data (2013)

[tclark225]

Side projects are probably much more advantageous if you get to talk about them in an actual interview. I suspect they don't matter to much on resumes because of the issues others have brought up here

[xasos → tclark225]

I think that's the main reason why you'd have them. To incite discussion in your interview, and discuss what and why you like to build stuff.