[keyme]

> "The problem is that this method disproportionately hurts people who don't have the time or energy to effectively hold two jobs"

No it doesn't.

I'm a guy who has the "two jobs" by your description. More precisely, it's a job and a hobby. However, my "best/coolest project/work" has always been something I have done for an employer. I can't imagine coming close to that "level" of work by just playing around at home.

If you can't answer the question in the post with a project that you've done at work, and you don't program as a hobby, you simply do not qualify for what OP is looking for.

[fixedd]

The code I write between 9 and 5 on weekdays is also way higher quality than the stuff I write the rest of the time.

[seivan]

Opposite for me. The stuff I write on my own time... I take my time on that.

The 9-6 stuff is rushed and designed by others.