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I just can't understand the worldview differences of some interviewers.

Everyone has a finite amount of time, they have other shit to do. The vast majority people irl just code for work. Are they bad programmers? Of course not.

I would say for the average employer paying an average salary, demanding you to showcase a portfolio of hobby project is plain obnoxious. The interviewer can hope the interviewee does some hobby projects and lives and breathes coding but demanding it as a baseline assessment for an interview is absurd.

For the average programmer when they have absolutely have nothing else to do maybe they will work on their sideprojects which even takes a backseat because they have to keep learning new crap every other week to make sure they are up to date.