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by mkane848 2310 days ago
Hey, I know it's just a small comment on HN so I don't know the whole picture and you very well may already know/do this, but people who tend to have free time to just pump out side projects without worrying about work tend to be already-privileged people.

I get what you mean about not even really needing the project to work, just show that you have an idea and wanna work on it, yadda yadda, but I think you'll eliminate some good candidates and hard workers if you see a lack of side projects as a lack of devotion or work ethic.
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freshfey 2310 days ago
No I get it, you're right. It's not that I'm counting them out, it's more of an advantage that people with side projects tend to have, but it's super individual and my opinion is just one of many.
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user00012-ab 2306 days ago
No, they are not right, they are very very wrong and probably just using this an excuse to be lazy; don't let people shame you for actually doing something.
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user00012-ab 2306 days ago
weird, at the hackspace I went to, there were plenty of "under-privileged" people doing amazing side work for the fun of it.

Do we really need to start shaming people that actually do cool stuff?

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