[vasilakisfil]

In my experience none really cares about your side projects during interviews. I have plenty of side projects, given plenty of talks, I list some of those in my resume along with my github link, yet from 40 interviews I had in the past 5 years I think ~3 mentioned something about my talks and side projects. And definitely didn't give me any advantage over the other interviewers.

But I am fine with that, I do my side projects & talks because I enjoy it and not to increase my chances when applying to a new job. Although there is nothing wrong to do a side project to increase your chances to get a better job.