[thecolorblew]

FYI, the personal projects might be a detriment rather than a help as it may come across as "this person will have split priorities or might leave to pursue individual interests"

For better or worse, I might not showcase those that much.

[purple-leafy]

But then I’m just the same as every other candidate and won’t hear from anyone?

[avgDev]

IMO a well rounded individual won't have much time for personal projects while working a full time job. They might be really good at writing code though.

[jacobyoder]

But if you don't have a job right now... you have time to put in to projects that can showcase your specific skills.

But then... you may end up demonstrating that you can take raw ideas and build an entire business out of them yourself, end to end, soup to nuts, and now you're threatening to others on the team who just want someone who codes, not a jack of all trades.

[jacobyoder]

Those projects can be demonstrating your skill/ability in all areas - testing, docs, UI/UX/DX, support, project management, sales/marketing and more. But now you're possibly (likely?) coming across as more accomplished than the rest of the team, and somehow you think you know more than others who've been at the company for years.