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I disagree, I think side projects are a sign of being able to put their head down, day in - day out. They have a certain divergent way of thinking that I think might be significantly valuable for companies looking for that type of thinking, especially in a crew of people that don't maintain and assist open source or create their own side-projects. I think this could go either way of course, but it's not a set in stone thing to say side project-people are a 'type.'

I will agree with the balance issue, I do think they can tunnel vision, as I'm guilty of it. On trying to create features they feel they need. WTS, I feel strategic in my cause of prioritizing what me and my users could benefit from.