<story><title>I have no side code projects to show you</title><url>https://www.codementor.io/ezekielbuchheit/no-i-have-no-side-code-projects-to-show-you-cz1tyhgdz</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>shortsightedsid</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s funny that the tech industry is so insistent on side projects. I mean - would you hire a marketing person based on their &amp;#x27;side projects&amp;#x27; or a corporate lawyer purely based on their pro-bono work? Likewise, who on earth asks a building contractor if they have any side projects? You would ask for references or find a contractor via someone you know. What about recruiters themselves? How does one judge if a person is going to be good recruiter or not? What about sales guys? Does anyone ask them - do you sell stuff on the side - Y&amp;#x27;know maybe you just do door-to-door selling as a hobby. Or what about other engineering disciplines? Does one really ask a Mechanical Engineer or a Civil Engineer about their side projects?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>TAForObvReasons</author><text>Side projects are for software what a portfolio is for other creative industries. You don&amp;#x27;t hire a designer sight unseen -- usually you ask for a sample. It makes perfect sense to expect the same of technology.</text></comment>
<story><title>I have no side code projects to show you</title><url>https://www.codementor.io/ezekielbuchheit/no-i-have-no-side-code-projects-to-show-you-cz1tyhgdz</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>shortsightedsid</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s funny that the tech industry is so insistent on side projects. I mean - would you hire a marketing person based on their &amp;#x27;side projects&amp;#x27; or a corporate lawyer purely based on their pro-bono work? Likewise, who on earth asks a building contractor if they have any side projects? You would ask for references or find a contractor via someone you know. What about recruiters themselves? How does one judge if a person is going to be good recruiter or not? What about sales guys? Does anyone ask them - do you sell stuff on the side - Y&amp;#x27;know maybe you just do door-to-door selling as a hobby. Or what about other engineering disciplines? Does one really ask a Mechanical Engineer or a Civil Engineer about their side projects?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kelnos</author><text>The next time I&amp;#x27;m interviewing in front of a hiring manager who asks me about my side coding projects, I&amp;#x27;m going to ask them about their side managing projects.</text></comment>