Side projects may show curiosity ... but I definitely don't gate-keep if you don't have any side projects
Side projects outside their "lane" are far more interesting to me (eg you're a Rust developer and on the side breed cornish game hens, for example) - demonstrating that you're "an and"[0] shows you can draw from multiple fields to find solutions
Side projects outside their "lane" are far more interesting to me (eg you're a Rust developer and on the side breed cornish game hens, for example) - demonstrating that you're "an and"[0] shows you can draw from multiple fields to find solutions
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[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30855775